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The registry records what is claimed and how it stands against the public record. This page shows the working underneath it: for every claim, the sources cited, what each of them can establish, and where the citation base is still thin. A citation here means a source addresses the claim. It does not mean the claim is true.

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  1. c-solved · Status of the case

    That the case is solved and justice has been done.

    Misleading

    What the record shows

    Convictions and guilty pleas have been entered against several people for carrying out the killing. Proceedings connected to the alleged commissioning of the murder have not concluded, and the public inquiry made findings about state responsibility that no criminal proceeding addresses. Describing the case as closed misstates the record.

    What remains unknown

    The outcome of proceedings that remain pending, and whether any further person will be charged.

  2. c-mastermind · Criminal procedure

    That a named individual is the proven mastermind of the assassination.

    Unsupported

    What the record shows

    This site does not use the word mastermind as a descriptor of any person. Where a person has been charged with complicity in the murder, the correct description is the charge and its stage. A charge is not a finding. Where a court has convicted, the conviction and its terms are stated instead.

    What remains unknown

    Whether the alleged commissioning will be proved to the criminal standard.

  3. c-inquiry-state-ordered · Public inquiry findings

    That the public inquiry found the Maltese state ordered the assassination.

    False

    What the record shows

    The board of inquiry found that the state had to bear responsibility for a failure to recognise and act on the risks to her life, and described a climate of impunity. It did not find that the state, as such, ordered or participated in the murder. Both parts of that distinction matter and are set out on the public inquiry pages.

    What remains unknown

    Nothing about the inquiry's text; the report is published in full and can be read directly.

  4. c-blogger-not-journalist · Her work and standing

    That she was only a blogger and not a journalist, and so this is not a press freedom case.

    Misleading

    What the record shows

    She worked as a newspaper columnist and editor as well as publishing her own site. Council of Europe bodies, the European Parliament and press freedom organisations have treated the killing as the murder of a journalist. The characterisation is a rhetorical device rather than a factual dispute about her work.

    What remains unknown

    Nothing material. Her published bylines are a matter of record.

  5. c-inquiry-implemented · Public inquiry findings

    That the public inquiry's recommendations have been implemented.

    Disputed

    What the record shows

    Legislation and committee processes followed the report. Press freedom organisations and the Caruana Galizia foundation have assessed several measures as incomplete or weakened. This site does not treat an announcement, or the passing of a law, as implementation; it records the evidence for each recommendation separately.

    What remains unknown

    Independent assessment is not available for every recommendation, so several statuses on the tracker are recorded as unknown.

  6. c-egrant · Corruption allegations

    That the ownership of Egrant has been conclusively established.

    Unresolved

    What the record shows

    A magisterial inquiry reported on the allegation, its conclusions were reported as not substantiating the allegation, and that outcome was disputed by the Caruana Galizia family and others. The full inquiry record has not been published in complete form.

    What remains unknown

    Who, if anyone, beneficially owned the company, and the full contents of the inquiry file.

  7. c-pardon · Criminal procedure

    That the middleman's evidence was bought with a pardon and is therefore worthless.

    Disputed

    What the record shows

    A presidential pardon was granted in exchange for testimony. That fact is public and is recorded here. Whether it affects the weight of the evidence is a matter for the courts, which have addressed it in proceedings. Recording the pardon is not a comment on the truth of the testimony.

    What remains unknown

    How the courts will finally weigh that evidence in proceedings still pending.

  8. c-she-provoked · Blame and character

    That she brought the attack on herself through what she published.

    False

    What the record shows

    No source establishes any justification for the killing. The public inquiry addressed the campaign of vilification against her and treated it as part of the context that the state failed to address, not as an explanation that reduces responsibility.

    What remains unknown

    Nothing. This is recorded because the claim circulates, not because it is contestable.

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