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Tough spell for media in Pakistan continues; media bears the brunt of censorship and religious extremism

Tough spell for media in Pakistan continues; media bears the brunt of censorship and religious extremism

March 4, 2016
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Photo Credit: Najia Ashar Following the hanging and the funeral of Salman Taseer’s murderer, Mumtaz Qadri, various religious political parties had given out calls for a national protest to their workers today, the 4th of March, 2016. Protestors gathered in all the major cities of the country after Jummah prayers and incidents of clashes have been…

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Ministerial committee initiates stakeholder consultations on Media Workers Safety and Welfare Bill 2016. Media Matters for Democracy to provide recommendations

Ministerial committee initiates stakeholder consultations on Media Workers Safety and Welfare Bill 2016. Media Matters for Democracy to provide recommendations

February 23, 2016
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Islamabad, 23 February 2016: A nationwide consultative process with media stakeholders, for drafting of Media Workers Safety and Welfare Bill 2016 has been initiated by a ministerial committee set up for the purpose of facilitating legislation around media safety. A meeting of the committee was held in Islamabad on Tuesday and committee members shared consolidated…

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Media Matters for Democracy, Rozan and Pakistan Coalition for Ethical Journalism mark the launch of ‘Humara Media’ as a social media watchdog on mainstream media

Media Matters for Democracy, Rozan and Pakistan Coalition for Ethical Journalism mark the launch of ‘Humara Media’ as a social media watchdog on mainstream media

February 1, 2016
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Islamabad, 1 February 2016: Media Matters for Democracy, with support from Rozan and Coalition for Ethical Journalism launches a series of web shows to address the policy and practice issues in the media industry. Humara Media is a web-show, to discuss and openly debate on various policy and practice issues plaguing Pakistan’s media industry, without the…

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#JournoSafePK Alert: A journalist shot dead in Dera Islamil Khan, only 15 days in the new year.

#JournoSafePK Alert: A journalist shot dead in Dera Islamil Khan, only 15 days in the new year.

January 16, 2016
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Dera Ismail Khan, 2 January 2016: Another journalist has been shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan. Muhammad Umer was targeted at Niazi Chowk by unidentified persons. Muhammad Umer was affiliated with a local newspaper. According to police, the killers managed to escape after targeting Umer. Saddar police station has registered the case and initiated investigations.…

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Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, on the recommendations of ‘Working Group on PEMRA Reforms’ a specialised voluntary forum, announces to make Council of Complaint(s) hearings public

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, on the recommendations of ‘Working Group on PEMRA Reforms’ a specialised voluntary forum, announces to make Council of Complaint(s) hearings public

January 7, 2016
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Islamabad, 7 January 2016: Members of a specialised voluntary forum, ‘working group on PEMRA reforms’ met with the newly appointed chairman PEMRA, Absar Alam, on Tuesday the 5th of January, to formally present compliance related recommendations drafted and prepared with facilitation from Media Matters for Democracy. The group congratulated Absar Alam and expressed hope for…

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Media Matters for Democracy facilitates the formation of a specialised, voluntary working group to push for PEMRA reforms

Media Matters for Democracy facilitates the formation of a specialised, voluntary working group to push for PEMRA reforms

December 5, 2015
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Islamabad, 5 December 2015: The team members of Media Matters for Democracy facilitated the formation of a specialised group comprising of top-notch media practitioners, managers, human rights activists and legal advisor(s) to come together and draft recommendations for reforms in electronic media regulatory policies and compliance related issues under the mandate of PEMRA. The group…

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Media Matters for Democracy and Code for Pakistan host a press conference at National Press Club Islamabad to introduce ‘Muhafiz’, Pakistan’s first digital threat reporting system

Media Matters for Democracy and Code for Pakistan host a press conference at National Press Club Islamabad to introduce ‘Muhafiz’, Pakistan’s first digital threat reporting system

November 25, 2015
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Islamabad November 25 2015: Muhafiz, a digital solution for the protection of journalists has been initiated by Media Matters for Democracy in collaboration with Code for Pakistan, Peshawar Press Club and National Press Club Islamabad. Muhafiz is a digital safety net, that seeks to streamline the documentation of threats to media workers, crowdsource safety-related information (safety…

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Media Matters for Democracy hosts a Design Thinking Workshop to finalise ‘Muhafiz’, a digital solution for protection of journalists

Media Matters for Democracy hosts a Design Thinking Workshop to finalise ‘Muhafiz’, a digital solution for protection of journalists

November 23, 2015
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Islamabad, 21 November 2015: A design workshop to help conceptualise Muhafiz, a digital solution for the protection of journalists was held at MMfD office on Saturday, 21st of November 2015. The workshop brought together a group of journalists and developers to brainstorm and design ideas. Muhafiz is a digital safety net being developed by MMfD…

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Media Matters for Democracy launches Humara Media, a series of web-shows on media policy and regulation issues

Media Matters for Democracy launches Humara Media, a series of web-shows on media policy and regulation issues

November 23, 2015
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ISLAMABAD, 18 November 2015: Media Matters for Democracy launches Humara Media, a series of web-shows, discussing various policy and practice issues of Pakistan’s broadcast media industry. The web-show is an initiative of Pakistan Coalition for Ethical Journalism led currently by Rozan and has been produced by Media Matters for Democracy. Humara Media is a sixteen episode series,…

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Media Matters for Democracy and Code for Pakistan join hands to develop technological solution for media safety

Media Matters for Democracy and Code for Pakistan join hands to develop technological solution for media safety

November 23, 2015
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Islamabad, 8 November 2015: Media Matters for Democracy and Code for Pakistan join hands to develop Muhafiz, Pakistan’s first semi crowdsourced, digital threat reporting system for media workers and bloggers. Muhafiz is currently in design phase and will be made available for end users by January 2016. The development of Muhafiz is a natural outcome of years…

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Media Matters for Democracy is a Pakistan based not-for-profit that works on media literacy and development, digital democracy, and progressive media and Internet regulation in Pakistan. We mainly work to ensure that the media and public alike have the tools and an enabling environment to exercise their fundamental rights and professional duties.

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Media Matters for Democracy was founded by a group of journalists geared towards media development and digital rights in Dec 2014. Over the years, after a number of likeminded individuals came on board, we have now become a team of journalists, activists, techies, designers, researchers, and lawyers striving together for a progressive media, communications, and digital spaces.

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