BISHKEK, 28 November 2014 – A public hearing, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, on draft amendments to laws on access to public information took place today in the parliament of Kyrgyzstan. The proposals aim to simplify access to governmental information, and were initiated by three different Parliamentary Committees. Kyrgyzstan ranks 27 out of 100 on the Global Right to Information Rating which assesses the quality of access to information laws worldwide. The proposed amendments aim to increase the efficiency of the state press service, reducing the time for processing citizens’ information requests and improving citizens’ …read more
Source: OSCE