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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Denial of the right to inform

Denial of the right to inform

Nature

People have the right to inform and to receive information from any source and free of any governmental restriction. If the news media is shut down and journalists gaoled, governments consequently plan and act in secret.

Broader

Restrictions on freedom of information
Presentable

Aggravates

Denial of the right to receive information
Unpresentable
Denial of right to correct information
Unpresentable

Value

Self-denial
Yet to rate
Denial
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Societal problems » Deprivation
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E7337
    DOCID
    11573370
    D7NID
    140416
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020