The Right2Know Campaign launched in August 2010 and has grown into a movement centred on freedom of expression and access to information. We are a democratic, activist-driven campaign that strengthens and unites citizens to raise public awareness, mobilise communities and undertake research and targeted advocacy that aims to ensure the free flow of information necessary to meet people’s social, economic, political and ecological needs and live free from want, in equality and in dignity (read our Vision, Mission and founding Principles).
In keeping with this commitment, the Right2Know Campaign now mobilises on three focuses:
- Advance Protest Rights: To promote the right to protest as a critical freedom of expression issue, support protesters to understand and defend their rights, and challenge the state and private security when laws, policies, or practice frustrate protest including the electronic and offline surveillance of activists.
- Communication Rights: To ensure more equitable access to the internet by reducing the cost of mobile data and expanding the rollout of fibre, and challenging online surveillance as well as promoting the the right to privacy.
- Participatory Democracy: To support other CSOs (especially local organisations situated in poor communities) to ensure they receive meaningful engagement, and to campaign for Open MeetingsWe current organise through three democratic provincial working groups based in the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape – as well as an elected national committee made up of representatives from key civil society organisations, community groups and social movements from across our support bases.
See details of our leadership collectives.
