Law on the Media No. 01/NA, dated 25 July 2008 6 of 13 http://www.laoservicesportal.gov.la/index.php?r=site/displaylegal&id=92 budget plan; 2. The views to the internal and foreign counties situation; 3. The critic to individual and organization in a manner of amity. Article 16.Freedom’s rights of Lao citizens on Information The Lao citizen has the freedom’s rights on information through the media as follows: 1. Access and receive information concerning internal and foreign counties situation, general knowledge, entertainment and others; 2. Appropriately, clearly, timely provide information to the media and be responsible before laws on the contents of such information. Article 17.The Performance of Freedom’s Rights of Lao Citizens A Lao citizen has received his performance of freedom’s rights through the media by a press or a diffusion of news, text, opinion, illustration, respond to the proposal, their suspended points of disagreement through the media or organization or interested person. In the event that it cannot be printed, diffused or responded, the media shall officially inform the reason to the citizen. Chapter IV Media’s Activities Article 18.Media’s Activities The media has the activities as follows: 1. Seeking to know, collecting information; 2. Receiving the provision of information from the society; 3. Disseminating of texts, news and other notifications; 4. Giving of response; 5. Denying News; 6. Services; 7. Entertainment. Article 19.Seeking to know, Collecting Information The media shall activate for seeking to know, widely, completely, clearly, promptly and timely collect information, to make research, compose the text, news and other notifications. Article 20.Receiving the provision of Information from the Society The media has the rights to receive information from organizations and individuals to consider to publish news as deemed appropriate. In the event that it has received information on the violation of laws and regulations and negative phenomena in the society, the media can inform to the interested organization or individual for consideration For the case that is in the course of interrogation-investigation or the case that have not a court’s decision yet, the organization which takes action has the rights to reserve its confidentially on the information to the media, but the media has the right to publish the news according to the trust worthy news and be useful to the society by taking its responsibilities before law, unless it has on order to prohibit or suspend the publication of news from organization concerned. The media cannot disclose the name of the provider of the information if it has seen that such will cause damages to the provider of information, except the provision as requested by the interrogation-investigation or prosecution office or people’s court organization. Article 21.Dissemination of texts, News and other Notifications When the media has collected information or received the information from the society; it shall meticulously consider, if it has seen that it is useful to the nation and the society then it will elaborate the texts, news, notifications and other programs in order to disseminate through its means to the society to completely and timely aware. Article 22.Giving of Response The media has the rights to propose to organization or an individual concerning the answer to the issues that a Lao citizen or other organizations have requested to have a clearly explanation when an organization or an individual has received such proposition then it shall have a timely response and be responsible to its response. The Lao citizen and other organizations have the rights to propose to the media to clarify on the dissemination of news which are not clear and the media shall promptly give the response. Article 23.Denying News An organization or an individual has the rights to request the media to deny news which are published not proper to the reality. The media organization which publishes the news that are not proper to the reality, lack of ground, touching to the role and dignity of the organization or individual shall deny the news and make an excuse through the media according to laws and regulations. In the event that the media organization fails to apology or has properly apologies, such concerned media management organization or individual has the rights to propose to the supervision organization of the media or filing to the people’s court when it has seen damages are arisen. Article 24.Services 25/09/2018, 14:25