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Description: DPDC or Digital Patrakar Defence Clinic provides pro bono legal aid, advice, assistance, and representation to Indian Journalists. Support DPDC and our journalists today!
This legal clinic defends the rights of reporters, multimedia journalists, bloggers, cartoonists, and citizen journalists — anybody with critical commentary on current issues — to respond to threats to their reportage, and cultivate a healthy environment which enables the crucial work of independent journalism to flourish. Donate to the Clinic Pro-bono Legal Support From experts on press freedom, criminal law, digital rights and free speech. Protecting independent journalism in India. Testimonials We need m
I am the founder and publisher of Newschecker. Preempting potential action, we wanted to understand the procedure, consequences and recourse available to us. We reached out to the Digital Patrakar Legal Clinic who very patiently heard our case and helped us understand everything and also answered our questions. It’s good to know that they have our back and reassuring that we are in safe hands.
What is news? Something that someone does not want to be published. Speaking truth to power. But stories that show the high and the mighty in poor light come with the risk of a lawsuit. Thus they become untouchable and stories about their misdeeds, undoable. But Patrakar Clinic helps journalists and media houses see such stories through by offering crucial legal services for free.This safety net enabled me—despite receiving a threat of a defamation case—to put out a story about a finance company that has be
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