Re: [Lib-helig-l] Fwd: Media Tribunal and POI Bill are not the same

Shouldn't FAIFE SA be making a submission on this? (The Protection of Information Bill, especially?)

Kim

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Fatima Darries <darriesfa@gmail.com> wrote:

 

 

Media Tribunal and POI Bill are not the same

via Idasa's Weblog by idasa on 8/20/10

Idasa points out that the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal are not one and the same, as their interchangeable use in the media has led many to believe. PIMS manager Judith February says: "The Protection of Information Bill will, if passed in its current form, have serious consequences for all ordinary citizens, not only journalists."
Read more below.

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PRESS RELEASE

20 August 2010

Idasa notes with concern the ongoing confusion within both print and electronic media as regards the Protection of Information Bill and the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal. The Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament proposes to set up a system of classification of information. We are of the view that this Bill will lead to over-classification of information by the state with grave consequences for citizens wishing to obtain information from the state in order to exercise their Constitutional rights. The Bill, we believe, will be a step backwards in the fight for open democracy.

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Fatima Darries