Honduras - Secrecy law deals major blow to public's right to be informed

Reporters without borders

The imprecise, discretionary and hastily-approved Law on Secret Information that the Honduran parliament adopted on 13 January constitutes a major new blow to freedom of information in one of the western hemisphere's most dangerous countries for news and information providers. Reporters Without Borders hopes that this law, which turns state-held information into a private reserve, will be overturned on the grounds of unconstitutionality. “This law strips the Institute for Access to Public (...)

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