Lawyer Launches Test of Freedom of Information in China

Saturday, June 28, 2008
Lawyer Launches Test of Freedom of Information in China
A Beijing lawyer has launched a test of China's new Open Government
Information (OGI) Regulations (政府信息公开条例), which, according to the OGI,
are intended to "ensure that citizens, legal persons and other
organizations (公民、法人和其他组织) can obtain government information by lawful
means, and increase government transparency," Human Rights in China
has learned.

Lawyer Cheng Hai (程海) filed a request on June 24 asking the Beijing
authorities to disclose the procedures and the committee members
relating to the Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL) (劳动教养) program. The
request was made under the new OGI rules, which became effective on
May 1, 2008.

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