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Zimbabwe: Bill would restrict public access to official information
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR1073.htm
Publisher: Reporters without Borders
Date Written: 17/11/2010
Year Published: 2010
Resource Type: Article
Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of a bill about to be submitted to Zimbabwe's parliament which would allow the authorities to block public access to official documents including judicial decisions, new legislation & public records.
Abstract: Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of bill which is about to be submitted to parliament and which would allow the authorities to block public access to official documents including judicial decisions, new legislation and public records.
Announced on 22 October and called the “General Law Amendment Bill,” the proposed law’s sole aim seems to be to place additional obstacles in the way of access to information and thereby hamper the work of the media even more.
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