RTL Nieuws court case against Dutch Ministry
At February 21 Dutch RTL Nieuws and Dutch Ministry of Algemene Zaken went to court (Midden-Nederland (Utrecht), bestuursrecht, meervoudige kamer) about a Freedom of Information Request.
The subject was the objection by RTL for not releasing ‘geobjectiveerde notulen (minutes of meeting) of the cabinet.
The judge will decide within six weeks from now. (so around April 4)
RTL demands the Ministry to release the minutes of meetings of talks between ministers as well as minutes of meetings of interviews done by Universiteit Twente.
The interviews done by Universiteit Twente were done under strict confidentiality. The university did an investigation into the crisis management organization on MH17. The report can be downloaded here.
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