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investigative journalism

May 6, 2020

Threat against Philippines broadcaster 'dark day for media freedom'

In recent years, ABS-CBN has produced numerous investigative reports highlighting extrajudicial executions committed as part of the government’s 'war on drugs'.
July 18, 2019

Three men to be tried in Malta for Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder

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.
May 30, 2019

Warrants which led to arrests of Northern Ireland journalists to be quashed

Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice has said that Belfast High Court is “minded to quash” the warrant which authorised police raids on the homes and offices of investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey.
January 17, 2019

Montenegrin journalist given 18-month jail sentence

Jovo Martinovic was investigating arms trafficking in the Balkans when he was arrested.
December 20, 2018

Government faces urgent question as homeless deaths top 500 in 2018

Melanie Onn, the Shadow Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government has asked an urgent question in Parliament on statistics relating to the deaths of homeless people.
September 24, 2018

RSF condemns arrest of two investigative journalists in Bulgaria

Bulgarian police have detained two journalists investigating allegations of fraud involving European Union funds in Romania and Bulgaria.
August 27, 2018

US election whistleblower sentenced to 63 months in prison

The whistleblower leaked a classified report about Russian attempts to interfere with a voting machine company and election officials during the 2016 presidential election.
August 20, 2018

Call for release of Nigerian journalist held over leak of police chief’s report

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Nigerian authorities to immediately free a journalist who was arrested after publishing a leaked police report about a controversial operation by the State Security Service.
June 6, 2018

Investigative film crew in Ghana faces death threats and harassment

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Ghanaian member of parliament Kennedy Agyapong to stop threatening investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and those perceived as close to his undercover investigative film about corruption and football in Ghana.