Press Statements

Claim the right, to win the fight

This section features public statements made by the ACTION Coalition. These statements are intended to inform readers about the ACTION Coalition’s concerns or position on issues and debates relevant to access to information, internet governance or broader human rights issues.

MPs urged to refer Whistleblower Protection Bill to Standing Committee

MPs urged to refer Whistleblower Protection Bill to Standing Committee

The Whistleblower Protection Bill, which was tabled in the National Assembly on February 16, contains several serious flaws. In order to allow time to address these shortcomings, the ACTION Coalition of civil society organisations, is calling on the National Assembly...

ACTION members formalise coalition

ACTION members formalise coalition

The founding members of ACTION coalition just met to sign a memorandum of understanding to formalise our campaign. This agreement won’t burden us with too much bureaucracy, but will give us some structure so that we can better do our work in broadening access to...

Urgent questions and suggestions for MICT on the Cybercrime Bill

Urgent questions and suggestions for MICT on the Cybercrime Bill

The Electronic Transactions and Cybercrime Bill appears set for discussion in the National Assembly despite it substantially lacking in public, industry and civil society inputs With the surprise announcement that the Cybercrime Bill would be up for discussion in the...