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Responding to the needs indicated in a flash survey, Charahgar announces legal aid and support in workplace harassment cases for women in Pakistan

Responding to the needs indicated in a flash survey, Charahgar announces legal aid and support in workplace harassment cases for women in Pakistan

May 10, 2020
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Islamabad, 10th May 2020 Media Matters for Democracy (MMFD) has recently announced legal aid and support for women in media who face workplace harassment through its legal aid center Charahgar. The support has been announced in partnership with Women in Media Alliance (WIMA), a network founded and facilitated by MMFD. The support was announced in…

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Media Matters for Democracy launches a new guidebook on media laws in Pakistan

Media Matters for Democracy launches a new guidebook on media laws in Pakistan

September 5, 2019
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This guidebook has been prepared to help journalists in Pakistan attain a basic understanding of the laws that criminalize and regulate expression. Not all of the laws mentioned in this guidebook are specifically framed for the media industry and the press, but their primary function is linked to expression and thus, they remain highly relevant…

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Media Matters for Democracy launches a research looking into the implementation of PECA 2016, highlighting the abuses of power through systematic loopholes

Media Matters for Democracy launches a research looking into the implementation of PECA 2016, highlighting the abuses of power through systematic loopholes

November 17, 2018
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Media Matters for Democracy has recently launched a report that takes a critical assessment of Pakistan’s cybercrime law. The report titled Bottlenecks, incompetence and abuse of power – An analysis of PECA’s implementation has been launched as part of MMFD’s legal aid initiative Charahgar. The report carefully analyses the implementation of the Prevention against Electronic Crimes Act…

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Media Matters launches ‘Charahgar’, a legal aid centre for journalists and media outlets, especially those wrongfully implicated for digital expression

Media Matters launches ‘Charahgar’, a legal aid centre for journalists and media outlets, especially those wrongfully implicated for digital expression

October 19, 2018
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Islamabad: Media Matters for Democracy is proud to introduce ‘Charahgar’, a legal aid centre aimed at providing legal advice, support, and defense to journalists and bloggers, especially those who are incriminated, threatened, harassed and/or unlawfully detained for their professional work or expression under Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016. Journalists, bloggers, and others engaged in journalistic…

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