CIJ proposes Roadmap to Media Freedom to Ministry
CIJ has proposed to the Ministry of Home Affairs to review of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 and establish a Parliamentary Select Committee to engage the public on the exercise during a consultation meeting with the Ministry. Soon after the current Minister of Home Affairs, Hishamuddin Hussien assumed office in April, he has promised to review the laws under his ministry's purview. In the following letter, CIJ request for an update for the promise.
CIJ in the Selangor task-force for FOI enactment
For the civil society, the
formal announcement of the Selangor state's intention to enact the Freedom of Information(FOI) bill is a
sweet foretaste to after 5 years of lobbying. Khalid Ibrahim is one of the vocal callers
for an FOI himself prior to his
election as Chief Minister, and to 's
credit, he continues after he
assumed office the engagement with groups who've had a
storied history within the RTI movement. One of the groups including the Centre for Independent
Journalism (CIJ which formed the National Freedom of
Information Coalition in 2004.
