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Know Your Right To Know

Sonia Randhawa, Co-Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

10-Aug-20 09:37

Know Your Right To Know

Some 129 countries have a right to information or RTI law - but what does the right to information really mean? The Centre for Independent Journalism, Malaysia has been advocating for a Malaysian RTI law for the past 16 years. We discuss how this law would look like and its practical benefits with CIJ Malaysia co-Director, Sonia Randhawa.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar


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