Tag: Access to Information

Information Minister Neth Pheaktra talks during the annual conference on January 22, 2024. (Neth Pheaktra’s facebook)

Ministry of Information Finalizing Protracted Access to Information Draft Law

24 Jan 2024 8:39 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

The Ministry of Information is finalizing the long-overdue draft law on the access to information, known as the “A2I draft law”, as highlighted in its…

Information Minister Khieu Kanharith speaks at a media conference in Phnom Penh on October 27, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

Long-Awaited Information Access Law Awaits Council of Ministers Approval

28 Oct 2022 11:58 AM|
Khuon Narim|

After years of officials’ pledging to finish a law regulating public access to government records, the Information Minister on Thursday said the draft law had…

A man drives past the National Assembly in Phnom Penh on July 10, 2017. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Civil society groups demand government pass law securing public’s right to know

14 Jul 2022 2:09 PM|
Khuon Narim|

An alliance of NGOs and civil society groups on Tuesday urged the government to improve a contentious draft law on freedom of information, saying the…

Civil Society groups march to submit a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s office asking him to pass the Access to Information Law. Photo taken on June 16, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Civil Society Organizations Call for Access to Information Law to be Approved

16 Jun 2022 6:23 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Dozens of civil society groups marched to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s office on Thursday, where they submitted a petition urging him to complete the long-delayed…

Villagers gather to demonstrate in front of police barricades where authorities blocked a road leading to their farmland, which is being cleared to prepare the site for a planned airport in Kandal Stung district, Picture taken on September 12, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

Civil society groups call for transparency in development projects

24 Sep 2021 10:47 AM|
Khuon Narim|

Several civil society groups said on Wednesday that grassroots communities lack access to information on significant development projects affecting their communities including economic land concessions,…