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Invitation The Right2Know Campaign |
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Gauteng Launch & Public Information Session
Please join us at this important event:
Date: Wednesday 15 September 2010
Time: 11:15 for 11:30 – 12h30
Venue: Chalsty Centre, School of Law, West Campus, Wits University, Braamfontein
RSVP:
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or call 011 4821907 by Monday 13 September 2010
Refreshments will be served
About the R2K Campaign: An umbrella campaign including a broad front of civil society groups, Right to Know believes that a responsive and accountable democracy able to meet the basic needs of our people is built on transparency and the free flow of information. We are concerned that the Protection of Information Bill currently before Parliament -- the Secrecy Bill -- will fundamentally undermine hard-won constitutional rights including access to information and freedom of expression. The R2K campaign statement - "Let the truth be told. Stop the Secrecy Bill!" - was drafted following parliamentary hearings on the Bill in July. It demands that the Bill be redrafted to comply with constitutional values.
By Right2Know's initial public launch in Cape Town on August 31, about 200 organisations and hundreds of individuals including Nobel laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nadine Gordimer had endorsed the statement. Support has grown significantly since.
Right2Know is launching in Johannesburg on September 15 and is planning a week of action starting with the Black Wednesday commemoration on October 19.
Sign on, circulate, educate, activate!
www.r2k.org.za
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