A draft amendment to the RA Law on Freedom of Information has been submitted, which was developed by the Ministry of Environment. According to the version presented on e-draft, there should have been information restrictions on information on special kinds of breeding sites, but as it turned out later, what was presented online and what was discussed later by the government are actually different bills, and the latter envisages stricter restrictions.
This project has been criticized by “Media Advocate” initiative, a number of human rights and international organizations. Furthermore, this latest step, to present one thing, to adopt another, does not comply with the rules of freedom of information. In fact, the government is trying to covertly adopt a law restricting the freedom of information
Shushan Doydoyan, head of the Freedom of Information Center, also touched upon this issue, criticizing the situation.
We urge the deputies of the National Assembly to vote against this bill, not to become the attachment of the government which develops covert laws and adopts secret laws.
