Hope for freedom of information?
Representatives from civil society and the opposition gathered yesterday to push for the adoption of an access to information law – a move that comes less than a month after Prime Minister Hun Sen urged the Ministry of Information to hasten its development.
Two laws dealing with freedom of information – proposed by what was then the Sam Rainsy Party in 2010 and 2012 – have been shot down in the National Assembly, but some participants at yesterday’s workshop were more optimistic about the law’s chances under the current government. …
Chhay Channyda
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