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COURT SUSTAINS HETQ'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CASE AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY
17:47, December 8, 2014
Armenia's Administrative Court today sustained a freedom of information
case presented by Hetq (Investigative Journalists) obligating the
Ministry of Nature Protection to provide copies of export, sale or
transport permits of rare animals as regulated by the CITES for the
period 2010-2013.
Hetq sought the copies for an investigative series it was working on
entitled "Dangerous Monkey Business: Armenia's Links to the Illegal
Trafficking of Endangered Species."
The ministry initially refused Hetq's request, arguing that such
documents contained 'secretive material'. It merely provided a list
of animals imported to and exported from Armenia.
After this initial refusal by the ministry to provide the copies of
the permits, Hetq suggested that any 'secretive details' be blacked
out. The ministry again refused and sent the same list.
The Administrative Court also sustained the IJ's demand to be
compensated for the 49,000 AMD it had incurred in legal fees.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/57695/court-sustains-hetqs-freedom-of-information-case-against-environmental-ministry.html
17:47, December 8, 2014
Armenia's Administrative Court today sustained a freedom of information
case presented by Hetq (Investigative Journalists) obligating the
Ministry of Nature Protection to provide copies of export, sale or
transport permits of rare animals as regulated by the CITES for the
period 2010-2013.
Hetq sought the copies for an investigative series it was working on
entitled "Dangerous Monkey Business: Armenia's Links to the Illegal
Trafficking of Endangered Species."
The ministry initially refused Hetq's request, arguing that such
documents contained 'secretive material'. It merely provided a list
of animals imported to and exported from Armenia.
After this initial refusal by the ministry to provide the copies of
the permits, Hetq suggested that any 'secretive details' be blacked
out. The ministry again refused and sent the same list.
The Administrative Court also sustained the IJ's demand to be
compensated for the 49,000 AMD it had incurred in legal fees.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/57695/court-sustains-hetqs-freedom-of-information-case-against-environmental-ministry.html