At last year’s first Daphne Caruana Galizia memorial lecture John Sweeney recalled a journalist he knew, Anna Politkovskaya, who 12 years before had been killed because of her journalism.

Lorenzo Frigerio from Liberainformazione writes a brilliant piece drawing parallels between the two exemplary journalists, women, victims of the politics which they challenged.

Take the time to read it. Link is here. 

In the meantime, this might be a good time to watch John Sweeney’s lecture from last year ago.