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Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 1 Jul 01, 2019

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In the first installment of our two-part look at Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, we look at the sequence of events culminating in her assassination in 2017. She was killed in a car bombing, allegedly carried out by three men with links to the criminal underworld on the island.

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Assassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who also researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you’d like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band Remember Remember. You’ll find them on iTunes.

Charlie Hebdo Part 2 Jun 24, 2019

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In the second installment of our two-part look at themassacre at the newspaper Charlie Hebdo in 2015, we look at the biographies of the two men who committed the crime and follow them as they lead French security forces on a massive manhunt. We also find out about a third man who committed a string of coordinated attacks across Paris, culminating in a murderous hostage-taking at a kosher supermarket.

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Charlie Hebdo Part 1 Jun 17, 2019

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In the first of a two-part look at the mass shooting at the office of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in 2015, we learn about the controversy surrounding the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammed. The images, originally published in a Danish newspaper and added to by the illustrators at Charlie Hebdo, upset many Muslims, who said some of the depictions were both disrespectful and racist. As protests grew, some Islamist groups threatened bloody retribution for those who had published the cartoons.

Anna Politkovskaya Part 2 Jun 10, 2019

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In Part 2 of our two-part look at the case of Anna Politkovskaya, we learn about the official investigation into her death, which bore the hallmarks of a carefully planned contract killing. We also ask - who might have commissioned the hit on this journalist and human rights campaigner? She was a prominent critic of the administration of Vladimir Putin, and many people blamed the Russian president for her death. But there were others who might have been responsible, including people she had confronted during her work in Chechnya.

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Anna Politkovskaya Part 1 Jun 03, 2019

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In Part 1 of a two-part study of the life and death of Anna Politkovskaya, we look at her work as a journalist covering the brutal Chechen wars in Russia in the 1990s and early 2000s. She exposed war crimes and gave voice to the many civilian casualties of the conflict between separatists and the federal government. She also sought to expose corruption and criminality elsewhere in Russia, in the process making powerful enemies. Her assassination in 2006 led some people to point the finger of blame at President Vladimir Putin; but as we shall hear, Ms Politkovskaya kicked several hornets' nests in the dangerous world of Russian politics and big business.

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Henry Liu May 27, 2019

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Born in China in 1932, Henry Liu fled to Taiwan after the Communist Revolution in 1949. He worked as a journalist before moving to the United States, where he became a prominent critic of the Taiwanese government. Lui had written a controversial book that criticized the rulers of Taiwan, and at the time of his death he was working on a new project that threatened to expose more secrets. In 1984, Liu was shot to death in his home in California by a triad gang with links to the government in Taipei.

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Martin O'Hagan May 20, 2019

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Martin O'Hagan went from being a Republican militant, fighting the British in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, to a well-respected journalist. Even though he had put down the gun, his investigative work meant that he still risked death at the hands of the IRA and Loyalist groups. In 2001, he was assassinated in his hometown of Lurgan, the victim of a paramilitary gang that wished to silence him.

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Ruth First Part 2 May 06, 2019

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In this episode, we conclude our two-part investigation into the life and assassination of Ruth First. A journalist working in South Africa during the era of apartheid, Ruth exposed the brutalities of life for blacks living in the country. With her husband, Joe Slovo, she became a leading member of the South African Communist Party and a supporter of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress.

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Ruth First Part 1 Apr 29, 2019

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This is the first installment of our two-part investigation into the life and assassination of Ruth First. A journalist working in South Africa during the era of apartheid, Ruth exposed the brutalities of life for blacks living in the country. With her husband, Joe Slovo, she became a leading member of the South African Communist Party and a supporter of Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress.

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Ahmed Divela Apr 22, 2019

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As a journalist working for the anti-corruption website Tiger Eye Private Investigations, Ahmed Divela helped expose a multi-million dollar corruption scandal in the national soccer association of Ghana. The exposé led to resignations and criminal proceedings, and it implicated a powerful Ghanaian politician named Kennedy Agyapong. Agyapong denounced the team at Tiger Eye as "troublemakers" and indicated that he wished his supporters to attack or kill Divela. A few months later, the journalist lay dead, gunned down on a street in Accra.

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