Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2016, yet another story of deception from democracy
Islamabad, 14 April 2016: Bytes for All, Pakistan, Media Matters for Democracy and the Association for Progressive Communications express grave...
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National Assembly passes the much resisted Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2016
Islamabad, 12 April 2016: Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2016 has been passed by National Assembly of Pakistan today. The...
Media Matters for Democracy and Bytes for All call for more transparency in legislations around cyberspace; urge the government to not curb civil rights for counter-terrorism
ISLAMABAD – 16 April 2015: The draft of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2015 leaked to activists includes various clauses that...
#JournoSafe Update: Hamid Mir Commission Report Leaked
Islamabad, 10th April 2016: High level judicial commission formed to inquire into the attack on Hamid Mir on 19th April...
Joint Action Committee Calls upon Opposition Parties to Resist PECB on Floor of Assembly
April 10, 2016: The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill (PECB) has been on the Orders of the Day twice during...
Tough spell for media in Pakistan continues; media bears the brunt of censorship and religious extremism
Photo Credit: Najia Ashar Following the hanging and the funeral of Salman Taseer's murderer, Mumtaz Qadri, various religious political parties...
Ministerial committee initiates stakeholder consultations on Media Workers Safety and Welfare Bill 2016. Media Matters for Democracy to provide recommendations
Islamabad, 23 February 2016: A nationwide consultative process with media stakeholders, for drafting of Media Workers Safety and Welfare Bill...
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
Islamabad, 1 February 2016: Media Matters for Democracy, with support from Rozan and Coalition for Ethical Journalism launches a series of...
#JournoSafePK Alert: A journalist shot dead in Dera Islamil Khan, only 15 days in the new year.
Dera Ismail Khan, 2 January 2016: Another journalist has been shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan. Muhammad Umer was targeted...
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
Islamabad, 7 January 2016: Members of a specialised voluntary forum, ‘working group on PEMRA reforms’ met with the newly appointed...