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Human Rights Watch: Germany - Government Curbing Freedom of Information Act
July 09, 2026
NEW YORK, July 9 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news:

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Germany: Government Curbing Freedom of Information Act

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(Berlin, July 8, 2026) - The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany's Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transparency and public participation in a democracy based on the rule . . .

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