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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:14
r2k-final-2smSince the Right2Know campaign and others began campaigning in 2010 to Stop the Secrecy Bill in it's current form, a number of changes have been made to the legislation to make it less draconian.

But the Secrecy Bill remain a threat to the free flow of information that feeds South Africa's democracy. The Bill still fails the Right2Know Freedom Test.

For a Right2Know presentation outlining changes and remaining problems with the Secrecy Bill click here. You can also download the latest version of the Secrecy Bill here.

In summary, here are seven tweet-sized problems that must be fixed:

(copy, paste, and get them out on facebook and twitter)

  • Still wrong with Secrecy Bill? 1: The State Security Minister can give any 'organs of state' power to classify secrets! http://ow.ly/8N3h1

  • Still wrong with Secrecy Bill? 2: Not limited to 'national security', covers "economic, scientific, technological" info. http://ow.ly/8N3h1

  • Still wrong with Secrecy Bill? 3: It creates special secrecy for our security agencies with no whistleblowers protection. http://ow.ly/8N41z

  • Still wrong with Secrecy Bill? 4: Public r punished 4 having secrets. But, once leaked, info is in public domain http://ow.ly/8N4NH

  • Still wrong with Secrecy Bill? 5: It forces journalists to sell out their sources! Leaks must be reported to police. http://ow.ly/8N5cX

  • Still wrong with Secrecy Bill? 6: It treats whistleblowers of corruption as foreign spies. No public interest defense!  http://ow.ly/8N5sK

  • Still wrong with Secrecy Bill? 7: Officials classify documents 'secret' - in secret!  U wont know what's classified & why http://ow.ly/8N5Gm



 

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