WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY - They Blew Her Up - play followed by panel discussion
On 3 May, we mark the 30th anniversary of International World Press Freedom Day.
As part of the events the Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna together with the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Malta in Vienna will present the play "They Blew Her Up", which focuses on the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, followed by a panel discussion.
Other participants in the panel:
Nabeelah Shabbir is Senior Research Associate at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and co-author with Dr Julie Posetti of the 2022 ICFJ-UNESCO report The Chilling - A global study of online violence against women journalists. She is also co-author of the OSCE Guidelines for monitoring online violence against female journalists, currently under development.
Thomas Seifert, Deputy editor-in-chief of the Wiener Zeitung, has extensive experience in reporting from crisis regions and has worked for various print media including Die Presse, News, Welt am Sonntag and the Sunday Telegraph. Seifert was honored with Ari Rath Prize for his critical journalism in 2021.
The panel will be moderated by Stephanie Liechtenstein who is a freelance journalist based in Vienna. Her articles and research are focused on multilateral diplomacy, foreign and security policy, Austrian politics, and international organizations in Vienna.
The panel discussion can be followed online on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/EGjdp8ATSQA
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
OVERVIEW
30th anniversary
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
INVITATION
The Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
together with the Embassy and Permanent Mission of Malta in Vienna
have the pleasure to invite you to
a play, which focuses on the murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia followed by an interactive panel discussion with the audience (with will also be live-streamed).
They Blew Her Up – written and directed by Herman Grech
Wednesday, 03 May 2023, 19.00 - AKZENT Theater Vienna
About the World Press Freedom Day
Every day across the world, in an era of disinformation and propaganda, journalists face countless threats and risk their lives as they stand up for freedom of expression, to report the truth, even under the most difficult circumstances.
According to “Reporters without Borders”, in 2022 57 journalists were killed, 65 taken hostage, 49 went missing and 533 journalists were detained for doing their job around the world.
Freedom of the press, freedom of expression and safety of journalists are indispensable for the upholding democracy and security and are essential drivers for all human rights.
About the Play
The play tells the story about the brutal murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese journalist, who was killed by a car bomb on 16 October 2017, and shines a light on the crucial role of independent journalism in upholding and restoring democracy, peace and security.
Herman Grech, writer and editor-in-chief of the news organisation Times of Malta investigated the story and gained access to some of the protagonists behind the scenes. The result is this captivating work where journalism meets theatre to tell a story that sent shockwaves around the world.
Stage manager: Christopher Gatt
Actors: Joe Azzopardi - Jes Camilleri - Kim Dalli - Alan Paris - Charlotte Grech
Panellists: Matthew Caruana Galizia
Free tickets can be reserved at the theatre or online: https://shop.akzent.at/Events?lang=en