In Valletta, a businessman finally sits in the dock for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The case, three years cold until now, has drawn British calls for press freedom. But on the streets of Sliema, locals speak of a deeper rot: a culture where the truth cost one woman her life.
The UK's demand for protections rings thin when our own newsrooms shrink and whistleblowers face silence. This trial is not just a verdict on one man, but on how far the powerful will go to bury a story.
