CIJ calls on governments to enact FOI law PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 28 September 2009
As pressure for public accountability increases, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) calls on the governments of the Federal and State administrations to immediately enact a Freedom of Information law to open up the information regime of public bodies.

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BURMA: Junta ban coverage of new political party's press con PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 24 September 2009
The Censor Board of Burma's military government has prohibited the local media from covering the press conference held by a newly formed political party, Democratic Party. It also banned news coverage of the party's leaders, Thu Wei and Win Naing, along with other news related to the 2010 elections in Burma.

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Human Rights Watch criticises government harassment of Malaysiakini PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 23 September 2009

(New York) - The Malaysian government should drop its order to a popular news website to remove videos of a recent protest and of a government minister's reaction, Human Rights Watch said today.


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INDONESIA: President urges review of controversial state secrecy bill PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 18 September 2009
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for a review of the controversial state secrecy bill on 15 September 2009, saying that the law should not harm his countrymen's rights, media reports said.

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Civil Society’s Malaysia Day Message - New Nationalism: Freedom with Empowering Peace PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
In the following joint statement, more than fifty civil society organizations spelt out a framework for a new national discourse which embodies diversity and dissent and the rejection of political violence as the true signs of nationhood.

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