On the anniversary of Daphne’s assassination, the Institute of Maltese Journalists said it "stands with those fighting for justice.  We deserve to know who killed Daphne, and why". 

It has been two years since the day Daphne Caruana Galizia was brutally murdered in a horrific attack on freedom of speech.

Two years since a fellow journalist was killed because someone feared what she had to say and used the threat of murder as a tool to censor the Maltese press, IGM said in a statement.

As fundamental pillars of any true democracy, the rights to freedom of expression and to information must be safeguarded and defended, not only by journalists, but by all of society.  Daphne’s assassination changed Malta forever, calling into question this precious right which we all take so very much for granted, and which is so crucial to us being able to do our job as journalists. 

"We note that the announcement that a public inquiry into the murder is to take place and urge the government to seek a compromise with Daphne’s family so as to allay any fears there may be about the impartiality of the inquiry.

"We cannot, and should, not ever accept living in a society where anyone can murder a journalist in broad daylight and get away with it," the IGM said.