Bilal Abdul Kareem is an award-winning African American journalist who believes he has been targeted for assassination by the US because of his work covering the conflict in Syria.
Journalists continuing to pursue public interest investigative reporting in Malta remain at great risk, and citizen journalists and activists who campaign for justice are subjected to pressure and abuse.
The announcement came 21 months fter Caruana Galizia, a journalist who investigated corruption, was killed by a bomb placed under her car outside her home.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has warned the journalist of “an immediate risk of attack by criminal elements” which amounted to a threat to life.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Indian authorities to shed all possible light on the murder of Chandan Tiwari, a journalist who was beaten to death after receiving threats in connection with his reporting.