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24 May. 2019

Helping minorities find a voice in Pakistani media

In May 2019 a middle-aged woman quietly left Pakistan, finding sanctuary in faraway Canada and reuniting with her family after…

Impact
07 May. 2019

Collaboration opens space for good election reporting

Reporting during elections is often marred by bad or weak relations between media, police, government election entities and political actors. How do these parties find common ground?

Impact
03 May. 2019

Animosity towards journalists creates climate of fear

Another year of declining press freedom in both authoritarian, semi-democratic and democratic countries marks this year’s World Press Freedom Day on 3 May.

IMS aims to create safer media environments with sound laws for journalists in countries where press freedom and other human rights are in dire straits. We focus on:

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