On this episode of Faces of Assassination, Siria Gastelum Felix will be discussing the assassination of journalists.

625 journalists over the past 20 years that have been murdered for their reporting and investigations into organized crime and corruption.

Why do journalists find themselves at risk; what has been done to combat it; and what needs to be done to protect this valuable component of free speech.

Presenter: Siria Gastelum Felix, the Emmy Award-winning Journalist and Director of the Resilience Fund at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Speakers:

Guilherme Canela Godoi – who is currently heading the global unit on freedom of expression and safety of journalists at UNESCO

Frank Smyth, the Senior Advisor for journalist security at the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Pauline Adès-Mével – Editor-in-chief / Spokeswoman at Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Andrew Caruana Galizia – co-founder of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation and son of journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia

Profiles mentioned in the podcast are:

• Ahmed Divela
• Javier Valdez
• Daphne Caruana Galizia
• Soe Moe Tun
• Ján Kuciak

Together we will continue to keep their stories alive – so please go to our website – assassination.globalinitiative.net, subscribe to our newsletter and this podcast series. Help us remember the death anniversaries, using our hashtag #AssassinationWitness.

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