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Laws and Draft Laws
The following are laws and draft laws which may not be easy to find online elsewhere, ordered alphabetically by country
Afghanistan
Access to Information Law in Dari, Published in Official Gazette, 2018
Access to Information Law, Unofficial English Translation, 2018
Myanmar (English Translations)
The Myanmar Police Force Law (of 2022)
The Democratic Voice of Burma provided us with English translations of the Burmese laws under which these journalists were charged:
Burmese Press Laws, and related laws used to target journalists
Egypt (English Translations)
Law No. 13 of 1979, Establishing the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (Amended: 1989)
Law No. 76 of 1970, Establishing the Journalist Syndicate
Law No. 93 of 1995, Amending the Journalist Syndicate Law and the Penal Code
Law No. 96 of 1996, Concerning the Regulation and Organization of Journalism and Press Functions
Draft RTI Bill, drafted by Civil Society, 2011
Ghana
Ghana Right To Information Bill, 2018
Iraq
Draft Law of Commission of Media and Communication
Draft Law of Political Parties
Draft Law of Freedom of Assembly, Expression, and Peaceful Protest
Indonesia
Indonesia Press Law (English translation)
Kazakhstan
Draft Law of Kazakhstan on Information Access
Mongolia
Draft Law of Mongolia on Information Transparency and Freedom of Information, 2011
Draft Law of Mongolia on Broadcasting, 2016
Mexico
Mexico’s General Act of Transparency and Access to Public Information (English)
Tunisia
May 2011 Version of Draft Tunisian Press Law (English) (Arabic)
July 2011 Version of Draft Tunisian Press Law (Arabic)
Yemen
CLD’s translation of Yemen’s new RTI Law, 2012
You can also find a comprehensive list of the RTI legislation that we used to compile our Global RTI Rating here.
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