| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Tackling the Silent Killer: Coalition for TFAs Elimination in Pakistan |
| Project Duration: | One year (June 2023 – May 2024) |
| Project Objectives: | 1. In collaboration with advocacy partners, to build consensus among key decision makers (National) for the development and adoption of best practice TFA limit regulation. 2. Build strong coalition of individuals, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to strategize and influence decision makers to pass TFA regulations. 3. Collaborate with GHAI to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to monitor and counter industry/front groups to create an enabling environment for TFA regulation in Pakistan. |
| Geographic Focus: | National |
| Target Group and beneficiaries: | CSOs, public health experts and consumers |
| Project Details: | Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has formulated a project in June 2023, titled “Tackling the Silent Killer: Coalition for TFAs Elimination in Pakistan”. The purpose of this one-year project is to achieve a mandatory national limit of 2 grams of industrially produced trans fatty acids (TFA) per 100 grams of total fat in all foods in Pakistan. The project will engage both government and civil society organizations (CSOs) to build consensus for the development and adoption of best practice trans fatty acids (TFA) limit regulation, influence decision makers to pass TFA regulations, and monitor and counter industry/front groups to create an enabling environment for TFA regulation in Pakistan. |
Journalists Training Sessions on TFA (August 2023 onward)
| Batch | Announcement Date | Application Deadline | City | Training Date | No. of Participants | Press Release | Media Coverage |
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| 1 | 1st September | 25th September | Islamabad | 7 the November | 24 | Download | |
| 2 | 9th August | 15th August | Islamabad | 30th August | 25 | Download | Click to View All |
Other Press Releases & Media Coverages
| Date | Title | Media Coverage |
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| January 06, 2024 | CPDI Urges Prime Minister, President, and Secretary Health to Ban Unhealthy Food and Promote Healthier Options in Public Procurements | Daily Times – The Express Tribune |
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| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Citizens for Good Governance: Strengthening Citizens’ Engagement for Inclusive and Accountable Local Governance |
| Project Duration | 24 Months |
| Project Objectives | 1. To strengthen public demand for efficient, transparent, inclusive, responsive and accountable LGs through evidence-based debates, dialogues, discussions and public awareness initiatives; 2. To enable CSOs and citizens for effectively engaging relevant government institutions and establishing partnerships for efficient, transparent, inclusive, responsive and accountable LGs; and 3. To build capacity of journalists, media groups and social media activists for accessing information, analysing data and producing investigative reports with focus on promoting efficient, transparent, inclusive, responsive and accountable LGs. |
| Geographic Focus | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab |
| Target Groups and beneficiaries | 1. Members of local CSOs, 2. Elected local government heads and councillors, 3. LG officers, 4. Members of legislatures/LG standing committees, 5. Active citizens, out of school youth, community leaders, |
| Description | Citizens for Good Governance: Strengthening Citizens’ Engagement for Inclusive and Accountable Local Governance project is under implementation in KP and Punjab provinces. The aim of the project is to strengthen the ability of civil society organizations, journalists, social media activists and citizens for promoting efficient, transparent, responsive and accountable local governments in Pakistan. It focuses on promoting informed debates and dialogues among key stakeholders, and providing technical support to stakeholders on the demand side for their effective engagement with local governments, legislatures and other provincial/ Federal institutions. The project will adopt inclusive and a flexible approach; and will work with a wide range of stakeholders including members and officers of local governments, legislators, officers of relevant institutions in the provincial/ Federal governments, community leaders, out of school youth, university students and faculty members, women leaders and activists from marginalized or socially excluded groups |
| Title | Newspaper | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Punjab’s teacher challenge | The News International | May 14, 2022 |
One Day Seminar/Dialogue on Punjab LG Ordinance 2021 - Lahore - 29 Dec, 2021
CPDI in collaboration with NED organized a one day seminar dialogue on the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2021 in Lahore. The stakeholders from all walks of life participated in the dialogue including known politicians, veteran journalists, ECP, Punjab Local Government council, academia, law experts, and CSOs. Most of the stakeholders emphasized the need of raising the women representation in all tiers of government including the LB which is considered a corner stone of the democratic polity and an effective forum for resolving public issues. Furthermore the participants stressed upon the need of devising an inclusive consultative process for making laws and legislation. Following are the media coverage of the event in local newspapers.| Newspaper | English | Urdu |
|---|---|---|
| Bol News | Link | Link |
| Daily Advent | Link | |
| Republic of Buzz | Link | |
| Daily Cholistan Times | Link | |
| The Northern Post | Link |
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Project Title | Civil Society Engagement for Effective COVID-19 Response |
| Duration | February 2021 – January 2022 |
| Objectives | a) To assess the impact of the government's policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic; b) To use the findings of the assessment to inform and enrich debate among CSOs for developing appropriate recommendations and government engagement strategy; and c) To publicise civil society recommendations to inform stakeholders and facilitate meetings among CSOs and government institutions for discussing improved policy response to the COVID-19. |
| Geographic Focus | Pakistan |
| Target Groups and beneficiaries | CSOs, Marginalized / vulnerable communities, Health Practitioners, COVID-19 patients and cured and National / Provincial legislator’s/policy makers. |
| Description | Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has initiated a project, with the financial support from the Commonwealth Foundation, in February 2021, titled “Civil Society Engagement for Effective COVID-19 Response” to assess the government COVID-19 response and to generate a debate by engaging Civil Society for facilitating the government in formulation of a feasible strategy to better cope with the pandemic crisis. The project is supposed to help formulate improved and updated SOPs for COVID-19 patients, inclusive policies for preventing, diagnosing, or treating COVID-19 patients belonging to vulnerable and marginalised groups. Increased budgetary allocations for health sector, especially for COVID-19 response and identification of loopholes in budget utilization. Moreover, the project seeks to improve coordination between CSOs and government agencies, for devising a sustainable feedback mechanisms and consequently for flooring convenient Government's social protection programs for vulnerable groups as well. |
Covid 19 Messages
FGD Islamabad - 17 June 2021
Video Messages
COVID-19 Advocacy Messages
Recommendations to Improve Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Read in English - Read in Urdu
Twitter Spaces(2):
Media Briefing on State of Budget Transparency in Pakistan - Punjab (Dec 28 2021 - January 02, 2022)
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Project Title | She Leads-Political Training of Young Women Leaders |
| Duration | August 01, 2020 -February 28, 2021 |
| Objectives | 1. To identify 100 potential women and 25 male allies for participation in the “She Leads” program in the target districts of Punjab. 2. To conduct beginners and Intermediate level training program for the selected 100 women and 25 male allies. 3. To facilitate and enable the trained women and male allies to develop action plans and undertake assignments with focus on women empowerment. |
| Geographic Focus | Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Jhelum and Chakwal |
| Target Groups and beneficiaries | The principal stakeholders of the project are 100 young women and 25 male allies, who will undergo ‘Beginner’ and ‘Intermediate’ level of training. The beneficiaries of the project will include communities/ districts from where the training participants will be selected, as well as local and provincial political leadership, media and civil society, who will ultimately benefit from politically trained corps of young women. |
| Description | The aim of the project is to facilitate women participation in the political/ electoral process and create a critical mass of trained young women ready to take up leadership role at different tiers and fill the leadership void existing at local, provincial and national political landscape. The overall objective of the program is to train women and male allies, and equip them with necessary knowledge and tools to play a constructive role in politics at all levels and provide leadership to various segments of the society in the matters of governance. This objective will be achieved through selection and training of at least 100 women and 25 male allies from four districts of the Punjab province, which are: Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Jhelum and Chakwal. |
Call for Application – Sindh & Balochistan
Journalists' Training on Safety, Digital Security and Psycho-Social Support Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) invites applications from young journalists of Sindh & Balochistan provinces only for participating in training of “Safety, Digital Security and Psycho-social Support.” The training is being organized under the Civil Society for Independent Media and Expression (CIME) programme. It includes 3 days-long training sessions on digital, physical and psycho-social security.Why should you join!
• Do you want to learn safe reporting techniques during the performance of your duties? • Do you want to learn how to avoid mental stress in crisis and the insecure environment in the course of performing your duties? • Do you want to learn the techniques of digital safety & security to protect your valuable work?Who should join!
The trainees must be: • Below the age of 40 years • Able to attend three days of training in Karachi • Working journalists from Sindh & Balochistan provinces only.Benefits of the training:
• Enhanced safety & security skills • Networking with fellow journalists participating in the training program • Course completion certificate • T/A for all the three days of training • Lunch and tea during the course of the training • Participants outside of Karachi will be provided accommodation The last date to apply is April 25, 2022 *Female journalists are encouraged to apply.Click to apply:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9mt970DDgK7kVkfp_BqKcDw3DeVDU6uBaJe0-Z19qP43fYA/viewform?usp=pp_url- Do you want to learn safe reporting techniques during the performance of your duties?
- Do you want to learn how to avoid mental stress in crisis and the insecure environment in the course of performing your duties?
- Do you want to learn the techniques of digital safety & security to protect your valuable work?
- Below the age of 40 years
- Able to attend three days of training in Islamabad
- Working journalists from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa only.
- Enhanced safety & security skills
- Networking with fellow journalists participating in the training program
- Course completion certificate
- Travel allowance for all three days of training
- Lunch and tea during the course of the training
- Participants outside of Islamabad will be provided accommodation
– Do you want to learn safe reporting techniques during the performance of your duties?
– Do you want to learn how to avoid mental stress in crisis and in insecure environment in the course of performing your duties?
– Do you want to learn the techniques of digital safety & security to protect your valuable work?
Who should join!
• The trainees must be:
• Below the age of 40 years,
• Able to attend three days of training in Peshawar,
• Working journalist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Benefits of the training:
• Enhanced safety & security skills
• Networking with fellow journalists participating in the training program
• Course completion certificate
• T/A for all the three days of training
• Lunch and tea during the course of the training
• Participants outside of Peshawar will be provided accommodation
*Female journalists are encouraged to apply.
Apply Now:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqRghNxrl2b-IqnqWCocdBPeC0S2KGzpamQVuO41zdDV8mrQ/viewform
Last date to apply: 18th November 2020.
– Do you want to learn safe reporting techniques during the performance of your duties?
– Do you want to learn how to avoid mental stress in crisis and in insecure environment in the course of performing your duties?
– Do you want to learn the techniques of digital safety & security to protect your valuable work?
Who should join!
• The trainees must be:
• Below the age of 40 years,
• Able to attend three days of training in Lahore,
• Working journalist from Lahore division and the adjacent areas
Benefits of the training:
• Enhanced safety & security skills
• Networking with fellow journalists participating in the training program
• Course completion certificate
• T/A for all the three days of training
• Lunch and tea during the course of the training
• Participants outside of Lahore will be provided accommodation
*Female journalists are encouraged to apply.
Apply Now:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdtNiQlhnCPg6CzMnmud1WJbicnzKT-9a1kw21d0sFuGIbKQ/closedform
Last date to apply: 12 November 2020.
– Do you want to learn safe reporting techniques during the performance of your duties?
– Do you want to learn how to avoid mental stress in crisis and in insecure environment in the course of performing your duties?
– Do you want to learn the techniques of digital safety & security to protect your valuable work?
Who should join!
• The trainees must be:
• Below the age of 40 years,
• Able to attend three days of training in Islamabad,
• Working journalist from Islamabad and Rawalpindi regions including Chakwal, Attock & Jehlum districts
Benefits of the training:
• Enhanced safety & security skills
• Networking with fellow journalists participating in the training program
• Course completion certificate
• T/A for all the three days of training
• Lunch and tea during the course of the training
• Participants outside of Rawalpindi & Islamabad will be provided accommodation
*Female journalists are encouraged to apply.
Apply Now:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWhlvrgFVeEBdQUzIS6UR0fRtPPz3R_pPDrRopnBJ4SBOZ9Q/closedform
Last date to apply: 21st October 2020.
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| Issue No: 191 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 17-10-2019 |
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Pakistan LAW, THE RIGHT TO KNOW Dawn I often avail data from government departments about the minorities’ quota in the hiring of staff... Pakistan Call to enhance journalists ‘capacity for better use of RTI laws The News Waleed Iqbal said Article 19 of the Constitution of Pakistan ensured freedom of speech and expression with a very few restrictions... Bangladesh The growing maturity of RTI use in Bangladesh The Daily Star Unlike earlier years, the discussions and exchanges this year were more upbeat and hopeful about the future of the law in the country... Jamaica It's the citizens who must protect their right to know Jamaica Observer The reaction of the public was understandably swift and poignantly repulsive of what was clearly the Government's retreat to a lack of transparency in governance... India Supreme Court gives 4 weeks more to Centre, states to file replies on the plea Times of India The top court, while giving four more weeks for filing response, made it clear that no further adjournment would be given in the matter... Scotland Record number of Freedom of Information requests made BBC The Scottish Information Commissioner reported a rise of 8% in the year 2018-19 compared to the previous year... India Do RTI Commissioners have the Right to Information? The Wire Governments have shown their dislike towards the institution by posting the most hostile bureaucrats as commissioners... Lebanon Lebanese Transparency Association demands the government adopt rigorous anti-corruption reforms Transparency International No Corruption (LTA), calls upon the Lebanese government to seriously address the demands of the Lebanese people, expressed in the demonstrations... Australia Your Right To Know is a cornerstone of democracy The Australia The multiple veils of secrecy imposed by the federal government, and the states, have drawn media organisations together... USA Department of Justice Issues New Guidance on Exemption 4 to the Freedom of Information Act JD Supra The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) generally requires federal agencies to disclose information requested by the public unless... New York (USA) Does your local government honor FOIL requests? WBFO The Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government recently sent FOIL requests to 16 local governments in Erie and Niagara Counties... Sri Lanka RI Commission says public sector needs to be more committed to releasing information Daily FT While there is success stories that Sri Lanka has experienced during a short period of two years since the implementation of the RTI Act...
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| Issue No: 190 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 01-10-2019 |
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Pakistan PTI fails to comply with Right to Information Act Geo News None of the 33 federal ministries have uploaded even 50 per cent of information required to put on the website... Ghana Government to appoint Information Commissioner My Joy Online In line with the requirements of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, government shall soon appoint a Commissioner of Information... Australia Australian and NZ info commissioners highlight importance of public information The Mandarin The public’s right to know would set the expectation for government accountability, prompt better decision-making and strengthen citizen engagement... UNESCO Open Talks showcase access to information as driver for sustainable development Mirage News UNESCO showcased forward-looking initiatives that are improving people’s access to information globally and leaving no one behind during a series of Open Talks... Australia Don’t underestimates value of right to know Government News Citizens highly value the right to find out government information, and government departments and agencies should make better use of technology... New Zealand Community Attitudes towards freedom of information survey Scoop New Zealand is rated by Transparency International as one of the most transparent countries in the world... Russia Russian internet regulator blocks independent Fergana news website Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) Russia’s state internet regulator Roskomnadzor ordered internet service providers to block the site without warning... United Kingdom UK to Release ’Pay to Slay’ Audits After Freedom of Information Request The Algemeiner The branch of the British government responsible for administering overseas aid will disclose audit reports regarding aid money... Jamaica Resolution to amend ATI Act pulled from Senate The Gleaner The Government fulfilled its promise today to withdraw the resolution that would increase from 20 to 70 years... Oklahoma (USA) Freedom of information in Oklahoma like cardboard in our pizza The Edmond Sun Thanks to the federal Freedom of Information Act, which has made it possible for anyone to peek behind the curtain and expose governmental misdeeds... United Kingdom UK rights group reveals secret government Prevent database ALJazeera The database, which belongs to Prevent, part of the United Kingdom's counter-extremism strategy, was uncovered by rights group Liberty through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests... India No content regulation on online streaming platforms, RTI reveals India Today India Today TV filed an RTI (Right to Information) application with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) because the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)...
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| Issue No: 189 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 16-09-2019 |
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Bangladesh RTI, How do we compare with the rest of the world? The Daily Star With some 130 countries around the world having adopted Right to Information (RTI) laws, we now know a great deal about how citizens use this law... India Rajasthan reboots RTI Act: Jan Soochna Portal to provide govt information at the click of a button Indian Express Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot launched a “Jan Soochna Portal” aimed at easing the access to information for the beneficiaries of welfare schemes... Namibia Access to Information Bill signed off New Era Nawatiseb made the remarks when the African Commission for Human and People’s Rights Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information Commissioner... South Carolina (US) Richland County School District One violated FOIA law at board meeting WIS News A lawsuit filed earlier this month in Richland County alleges Richland County School District One violated the Freedom of Information Act ... India Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, All you need to know India Today The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh, on July 19, 2019... Pakistan Politicians, rights groups reject idea of ‘media courts’ Dawn Politicians, media bodies and rights groups rejected the federal government’s announcement of setting up of special tribunals... Gambia Stakeholders Review Draft Freedom of Information Bill All Africa The event gathered about two dozen experts from government, civil society, media and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Right... UNESCO The right to access information highlighted by IFAP at its meeting in Malaysia UNESCO.org Hosted by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia, with the support of UNESCO, the meeting was opened by the IFAP Chair... Pakistan P&D Board Launches New Website Urdupoint The Planning and Development Board has launched its new website in order to keep the citizens updated with the latest news and information... Pakistan First-ever NFIC set up in Pakistan The Nation The forum consists of all in-service information commissioners from federal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh... South Australia SA ombudsman wants bureaucrats to let FOI officers do their job The Mandarin The involvement of department chief executives and ministers in the Freedom of Information process, and has called for an Information Commissioner to be installed... Lebanon Access to Information Law Stalled Human Rights Watch Lebanese authorities have largely failed to comply with the country’s Right to Access to Information Law, and the government has not established the body...
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| Issue No: 187 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 19-08-2019 |
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India Country facing grave challenges as key institutions no longer free National Herald India It has never faced such challenges since independence. We paid a heavy price to get independence from the British Raj... USA We found out how many times the Mueller report has been downloaded Politico According to data obtained by POLITICO under the Freedom of Information Act, the special counsel’s final report was downloaded nearly 800 million times... Australia Press freedom in Australia needs much more than piecemeal protection The Interpreter Alone among the Five Eyes, Australia has no explicit protection of journalists in the exercise of search warrants ... Latin America Group of renowned Latin American journalists launch center for transnational investigative journalism Knight Center We are going to lead collaborative transnational projects of investigative journalism, and we want to find the most qualified people to work on these things... England Special educational needs crisis deepens as councils bust their budgets The Guardian Figures sourced under the Freedom of Information Act from 118 of the 151 local authorities in England show that councils are expecting to overspend... Pakistan Effective measures taken to revamp Information Ministry departments Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) The government achieved establishment of Commission on Right of Access to Information, rationalization of advertisement rates of electronic media... United Kingdom UK government under fire over £10m Brexit campaign The Drum Critics have lashed out at the scale of government spending on a public information campaign designed to help people... Sri Lanka SL has not made greater progress towards good governance & transparency Adaderana.ik The country has made progress in the areas of peace and reconciliation, he said citing the constitutional changes that were made to establish the Right to Information a fundamental right of the citizens as an example in this regard... India Nagaland recorded highest numbers of RTI applications The Morung Express Among the small states category, Nagaland recorded the highest number of RTI applications received from 2006-07 to 2016-17 at 24, 896... Pakistan Bureaucrats trying to fail RTI law The News International These colonial mindset bureaucrats are creating hurdles in free access to information and are still unwilling to share information in the best interest of the department... Nigeria MRA Commends NIPC for ‘Initial Steps’ to Comply with FOI Proactive Disclosure Obligation The Nigerian Voice Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today commended the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) for its initial efforts at complying with its proactive disclosure obligations under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act... India No RTI lessons for financial regulators Money Control It is highly unfortunate that those sections of the RTI Act have been amended which ideally should have been applied to other...
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| Issue No: 188 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 02-09-2019 |
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India Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, states over online Right to Information portal The Hans India Describing the RTI Act as a powerful tool, advocate Abraham said the true objective of the legislation can be achieved only by timely response to citizens' request... Malta Freedom of Information request for contract rejected The Independent A Freedom of Information request asking for the full copy of the contract between the Ryan Air group and the Maltese government... Sri Lanka Sri Lankan RTI achieves mid-range score, proactive disclosure still lagging Daily FT The Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) is calling for renewed commitment from the State and citizenry to ensure the transformative impact of the Right to Information (RTI) Act... Sudan IPPro Magazine Global Voices The Sudanese Access to Information Act is the first of its kind in Sudan, although Article 39 (1) of the 2005 Sudan Interim Constitution... Pakistan Costs notified to access govt information under RTI law Dawn According to the notification, federal public bodies are to provide free of cost the first 10 pages of information requested under the Act... Nigeria MRA Inducts Customs into ‘Enhanced FOI Hall of Shame accuses it of Confirming Reports of Pervasive Corruption in the Agency The Nigerian Voice It is the second public institution to be inducted into the revamped FOI Hall of Shame after the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)... Pakistan Does RTI law applies on courts? The News International A citizen wrote to the Supreme Court of Pakistan demanding information under Right of Access to Information Act 2017 commonly referred as Right to Information (RTI) law... USA Michigan ranks dead last for transparency Detroit Free Press The Michigan Legislature has tried for years to extend transparency to the state House of Representatives... Philippines The Michigan Legislature has tried for years to extend transparency to the state House of Representatives Rappler Transparency and Freedom of Information (FOI) have figured largely among Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto’s policies early on... USA House requests investigation of Interior political appointees' review of public records The Hill The internal policy, unearthed in a recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) release, allows Interior deputy solicitor Daniel Jorjani... Nigeria INEC pledges Commitment to FOI Law, unveils revised Communication Policy Vanguard The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has unveiled its revised Communication Policy... New York Group Sues NY Campaign Finance Commission Over Freedom of Information Law Compliance Law.com A lawsuit filed Monday against a special commission created by the state Legislature in New York to develop a comprehensive public campaign finance system claimed...
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| Issue No: 186 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 01-08-2019 |
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India Five Times Right To Information Act Helped Unearth Major Scams The Logical Indian The Rajya Sabha on July 25 passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019. This bill seeks... Pakistan Community social audit report: 43 water supply schemes dysfunctional in Karak The News International The social audit reports on two southern districts Lakki Marwat and Karak were unveiled in a seminar organized by... USA My freedom of information law saga continues Post Star The new owners of a large portion of the former General Electric Co. dewatering site in Fort Edward held their first public meeting ... Luxembourg City Freedoms of information and the press could outweigh infringement IPPro Magazine The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has ruled freedom of information and the press cannot justify the infringement... Ghana Coalition on the RTI, Ghana, honours stakeholders Business Ghana The Coalition on the Right to Information, Ghana (RTI Coalition), has presented citations of honour to former Steering Committee members... Scotland Scottish Government departments failing on freedom of information The Ferret The efforts of departments in the Scottish Government to improve their freedom of information performance... Bangladesh Govt officials’ restrictive mindset hindering people’s right to information: experts The Daily Star While the Right to Information (RTI) Act is a powerful tool for people’s empowerment, some inherent flaws and restrictive mindset of a section of public servants stand as barriers... Russia Russian journalist Mikhail Romanov found guilty of ‘abuse of freedom of information’ and ‘false’ news Committee to Protect Journalists It was the first time the authorities have charged a journalist under the provision in the administrative code that pertains to “false” information... Malta Neville Gafa contract disclosure through Freedom of Information Act request refused Independent.mt The request was originally made on 2 July, following over seven months of unanswered questions and stonewalling by the government... Pakistan FBR directed to provide information under Right of Access to Information Act 2017 The News International The FBR was requested to provide certified information under Right of Access to Information Act 2017 about total vacancies in the revenue board... India Madhya Pradesh: Officials face Rs 2.5 lakh fine for not giving information under RTI India Today Narendra Kumar Pandey, Public Information Officer of the civic body, did not give information in the stipulated 30 days or took any other decision on the applications...
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| Issue No: 185 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 23-07-2019 |
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| Issue No: 183 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 18-06-2019 |
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Pakistan KP academics being ignored The Express Tribune The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (KP RTI) Act of 2013 was passed with the objective to ensure the citizens had access... Scotland Lib Dems challenge Scottish Goverment over FOI legislation The Scotsman A submission has been made to the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee which is currently examining the Freedom of Information... Ireland Department told to release details of jet use by Higgins, McAleese Irish Times Information about the use of the government jet by President Michael D. Higgins and his predecessor Mary McAleese should be released... Jammu & Kashmir Implement RTI Act in letter and spirit: RTI Movement to interim J&K Bank chairman Kashmir Reader The Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Movement (RTIM) appealed to interim chairman of J&K Bank, R K Chibber to implement Right to Information... India Agenda for next government: Protecting right to information India Today The significance of access to information about the government's functioning can't be over-emphasized... Bangladesh Our right to easy access to information The Daily Star Information is prerequisite for humans to perform several activities. It is recognised that knowing and circulating information is very vital for ensuring transparency... Sierra Leone RAIC boss shares Sierra Leone's PDI experience at OGP global summit The Patriotic Vanguard The Chairman and Information Commissioner of the Right to Access Information Commission, Dr. Ibrahim Seaga Shaw has said that one of the biggest challenges... Philippines Freedom of Information: Our Battle for Democracy Manila Bulletin There was an old saying, information is power. Anyone who has it rules over everyone. One becomes invincible if he/she... |
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| Issue No: 182 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 16-05-2019 |
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| Issue No: 180 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 16-04-2019 |
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| Issue No: 178 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 18-03-2019 |
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Ireland Families of murder victims have a legal right to information about the case The Journal The Victims of Crime Bill 2015 legally obliges and the Director of Public Prosecutions to keep victims informed... Israel ‘DON’T VOTE FOR PARTIES THAT DO NOT OPERATE TRANSPARENTLY’ The Jerusalem Post Election season is upon us. This is a time when the public focuses on the candidates, the campaigns and the new... Pakistan Access to information body unable to appoint staff, carry out functions Dawn The Commission on Access to Information remains non-functional four months after it was notified in the absence of funding... Scotland Holyrood asks how well freedom of information law is working Scottish Legal News A Holyrood committee is seeking views on the operation of Scotland’s freedom of information legislation... USA Sunshine Week spotlights freedom of information The Times Telegram March 10 through March 16 is Sunshine Week, an annual initiative organized by the American Society of News Editors to promote dialogue about... France Government transparency vital for Lamar County residents Paris News Of all the things we think of as our fundamental American rights — life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — as well as things like freedom of speech... Sri Lanka RTI Unearths 230 Complaints against Quack ‘Islamic’ Judges Colombo Telegraph The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has released data under the Right to Information Act indicating that an enormous number of 230 complaints have been filed... India How the RBI Dodged RTI Appeals for Minutes of Meeting on Demonetisation The Wire After two years of stubborn refusal to part with any details regarding the minutes of its board meeting on demonetisation, the RBI has demonstrated its sheer disdain for the RTI Act... |
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| Issue No: 177 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 28-02-2019 |
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Pakistan Sindh Information Commission starts working next month The News International The Sindh Information Commission will finally start functioning under the Sindh Transparency and... Morocco UNESCO Agree to Cooperate on Right to Access to Information Morocco World News Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization... Colombia More than half of Colombia's media reliant on state propaganda funds Colombia Reports Colombia’s media is overly reliant on shady contracts to publish or create government propaganda... Ghana Latest amendment to RTI Bill problematic – Coalition Charleston Post Courier The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Ghana, the Media Coalition on RTI and Occupy Ghana; collectively known... Sri Lanka Right to Information Groundviews In 2017, Groundviews filed a series of RTI requests to ascertain more about Sri Lanka’s early warning system... Kenya Access to public information an uphill struggle in Kenya despite law Business Daily A recent legal tussle between lawyer Apollo Mboya and utility firm, Kenya Power over inaccurate customer billing perhaps underlined the deep... India Apex court opposes amendment to RTI The Hans India RTI Act is the best enactment, but it is not giving best results in securing the access to public records... |
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| Issue No: 176 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 04-02-2019 |
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Pakistan Dir officers asked to resolve people's issues Dawn The Lower Dir deputy commissioner on Tuesday directed all officers in the district to resolve public grievances... Brazil Brazil changes freedom of information act ZDNe Brazil's freedom of information law has seen significant changes with a new decree signed by interim president... India Why no experts on RTI panels, asks Supreme Court The Hindu The Supreme Court asked why Right to Information bodies, especially the apex forum of Central Information Commission... Pakistan RTI’s complaints commission itself in complainant mode The News It has neither been allocated the staff required to start work nor given the proper office whereas the information commissioners... UK Devon and Cornwall Police under investigation over Freedom of Information requests Devon Live Devon and Cornwall Police is under investigation after failing to deal with more than 100 FOI requests... Pakistan Info Commission in vain as govt delays service rules Pakistan Today PIC to suffer from shortage of staff till govt approves proposed service rules... Ghana RTI And Two Other Bills To Be Prioritized As Parliament Resumes Sitting Modern Ghana Before going for that festive break, the speaker of Parliament Professor assured that the RTI bill will... |
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| Issue No: 175 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 21-01-2019 |
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Afghanistan Access to information to help curb corruption: Danish Pajhwok Afghan News Vice-president Sarwar Danish on Sunday introduced new members to the Oversight Commission on Access to Information... USA New Interior FOIA rule could make it harder to get public documents The Hill Interior Department rule could make it harder for news organizations and nonprofits to get public information from the government... Pakistan WSSP launches website to bolster digital presence The News International The Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) has launched own website to bolster digital presence... Scotland MSPs to review Scotland's Freedom of Information laws Holyrood The Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee has agreed to examine the FOI Act 2002... Australia Complaints about under resourced FOI system spike by 72% in a single year The Guardian Complaints about Australia’s FOI system spiked by 72% in a single year, heaping further pressure on regulator... France Texans deserve access to info Paris News Police Department officer’s pursuit of a driver who sped off after the officer signaled him to stop ended when the driver crashed into some trees... Canada With election ahead, we need to make public records truly public The Conversation Citizens require access to public records in order to become properly informed about the activities of their government... India PM Modi fails to use MPLAD funds on villages adopted by him National Herald Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced early last year with much fanfare that he had adopted a fourth village in his Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency for... UK EU adviser sides with Google on 'right to be forgotten' dispute The Telegraph An advisor to the European Court of Justice has sided with Google in a dispute over the “right to be forgotten” rule.... Bangladesh Use of RTI in Bangladesh The Dailystar One way of observing the progress of the law in any country is to assess existing trends and the nature of its use... |
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| Issue No: 173 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 17-12-2019 |
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| Issue No: 174 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 02-01-2019 |
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ADI Demands Halt And Reflection Over RTI Bill Ghana Web The plans by parliament to pass the Right To Information (RTI) bill is likely to... India Lokpal Selection Committee Did Not Meet Even Once In Nearly 4 Years NewsClic The BJP government is blatantly attacking the institutions of accountability and transparency... Jamaica Measures Being Undertaken To Improve Access To Information Jamaica Observer The Access to Information (ATI) Unit will be undertaking some critical initiatives aimed at improving service delivery... Pakistan Pakistan Improves Position In Global RTI Rating The Nation Pakistan improves its position in international Right To Information rating from 91 to 33... Australia Secret Documents Reveal Toxic Threat beneath Sydney Airport The Sydney Morning Herald A pool of poisonous water underneath Sydney Airport contains some of the highest levels of toxic firefighting chemicals... Nigeria Imo to Adopt Freedom Of Information Act- Irona The Nigerian Voice Former member of the House of Representatives and Deputy Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party... Vietnam Law Ensures Citizens' Right to Information Access Veitnam + The Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) co-held a seminar in Hanoi on December 2... Bangladesh Progress and Regress of RTI in Bangladesh The Daily Star As the Right to Information (RTI) regime nears completion of its first decade of existence, we asked a few scholars, advocates and users of... |
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| Project Title | Women in Elections – Online Portal |
| Supported By | IFES, Global Affairs Canada |
| Duration | March 2020 - May 2021 |
| Objectives | The objectives of the projects are as below • To create an online repository of civic and political Information for women; and • To highlight women participation in the political process |
| Geographic Focus | Online |
| Target Groups and beneficiaries | Women (including women with disabilities, women from religious minorities, transgender) |
| Description | The ‘Women in Elections (WiE)’ project collects and provides information on women inclusion into the political and electoral process in Pakistan. It establishes a portal, which hosts information on multifarious phases of women participation and struggle in politics. The unique features of the portal allow information from far-reaching and credible sources on women in leadership and on the ladder of success, while focusing on women political rights. It also includes information about the steps taken by the government of Pakistan to promote women inclusion into political mainstream. In addition, it hosts resources, including laws and rules, about women political participation across SAARC countries, so as to facilitate and enrich debate on good practices across countries and whether some of those could be replicated in Pakistan. |
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| Project Title | Increasing Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Electoral Systems |
| Supported By | US Consulate Karachi |
| Duration | 6 Months: 1st October, 2018 to 31st March, 2019. |
| Objectives | The objectives of the projects are as below 1. To make electoral system of Pakistan more inclusive by sensitizing the political actors and policy makers about rights of PWDs. 2. To provide a platform to PWDs where they can raise their voice for veneration of their political and electoral rights. 3. To encourage PWDs to reinforce their political rights. |
| Geographic Focus | Karachi and Quetta |
| Target Groups and beneficiaries | Persons with disabilities (PWDs) ECP official and political parties |
| Description | The aim of the project is to transform the electoral and democratic regime in Pakistan to be inclusive of persons with disability. Project aspire to impact the policy and implementation regime in the favor of persons with disabilities through collective action to increase there participation in political and electoral sphere of life. |
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| Project Title | Women NIC/Voter Registration |
| Duration | August 01, 2020 -February 28, 2021 |
| Objectives | 1. To identify 100 potential women and 25 male allies for participation in the “She Leads” program in the target districts of Punjab. 2. To conduct beginners and Intermediate level training program for the selected 100 women and 25 male allies. 3. To facilitate and enable the trained women and male allies to develop action plans and undertake assignments with focus on women empowerment. |
| Geographic Focus | Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Jhelum and Chakwal |
| Target Groups and beneficiaries | The principal stakeholders of the project are 100 young women and 25 male allies, who will undergo ‘Beginner’ and ‘Intermediate’ level of training. The beneficiaries of the project will include communities/ districts from where the training participants will be selected, as well as local and provincial political leadership, media and civil society, who will ultimately benefit from politically trained corps of young women. |
| Description | The aim of the project is to facilitate women participation in the political/ electoral process and create a critical mass of trained young women ready to take up leadership role at different tiers and fill the leadership void existing at local, provincial and national political landscape. The overall objective of the program is to train women and male allies, and equip them with necessary knowledge and tools to play a constructive role in politics at all levels and provide leadership to various segments of the society in the matters of governance. This objective will be achieved through selection and training of at least 100 women and 25 male allies from four districts of the Punjab province, which are: Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Jhelum and Chakwal. |
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| Issue No: 169 | E - Alert | Issue Date: 15-10-2018 |
| Jordan People's right to know motivates Gov't to improve legislation on access to information AMMONNEWS Minister of State for Media Affairs and Government Spokesperson, Jumana Ghneimat, said... India Explore use of advanced technology in giving info under RTI: SC Times of India The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to explore the use of advanced technology for providing information…… UK Right to Information a Mixed Success in the Asia-Pacific Region IDN In Depth News Freedom of information is not only a human right, but also an essential tool to engage and empower citizens… Pakistan If PTI believes in democracy, asset declaration of public servants should be public knowledge The Express Tribune (blog) If PTI believes in democracy, asset declaration of public servants should be public knowledge… Gambia International Right to Information Day September 28, 2018 The Point The collection of key government facts and data from which conclusion may be drawn is a powerful tool…. New Zealand NZ customs officers now have the power to demand passwords to digital devices The Star Online When you think of countries with aggressive border security, the bucolic land which provided the… USA EPA excluded its own top science officials when it rewrote rules on using scientific studies Washington Post When former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt launched an effort to limit what kinds of scientific studies could be used to protect public health……. India SC makes it mandatory for builders to display sanction plan at project site The Tribune Noting that homebuyers have a right to know about details of the project they are investing it…. Bangladesh President approves Digital Security Act The Daily Star President Abdul Hamid yesterday signed the Digital Security Bill into law amid widespread criticism………….. Nigeria Media Rights Agenda Inducts Office of National Security Adviser Into 'FOI Hall of Shame' The Nigerian Voice Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today named the Office of the National Security Adviser….. India 'Save RTI, Save Democracy': Hundreds Protest Attempts to Dilute the Law The Wire New Delhi: On the eve of the 13th anniversary of the passage of the Right to Information Act 2005, a protest and public meeting……… Pakistan Right to Information Act will be introduced for general public: Information Minister Radio Pakistan Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that the country is moving towards right direction…… | ||
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India Info panel upholds right to inspect court registers The Hindu The petitioner was asked to submit an
application under the Right to Information Act to the Registrar-General of the
Madras High Court and obtain ... Canada No hiding abortion numbers: Ontario ruling forces gov't
to allow access to statistics Lifesite The January 2012 law brought in by
then-Premier Dalton McGuinty amended Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) to ... UK Terrorist 'fighting deportation after 9-year prison
sentence given € 250000 in legal aid' According to a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Daily Mail,
the criminal has so far won more than € 210,000 in legal aid for his
defence ... Pakistan People need to know if their rights and liberties are at
risk, says SHC The News International The Sindh High Court (SHC) has
observed that the right to information and the right to freedom of speech are guaranteed under
the constitution and ... India Maharashtra has no information on CM's attendance in
office: RTI Times of India MUMBAI: How many days was chief
minister Devendra Fadnavis in office? No one knows. A Right to Information (RTI) query
filed by Jeetendra ... India Why RTI Act not implemented by BCCI? CIC asks PMO The Tribune The Central Information Commission
(CIC) has asked the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and Law Ministry to explain
why the Right to Information law ... UK Inside Housing: trade magazine that warned of high-rise
fire risks The Guardian In 2015 it used a freedom of information request to reveal that just 18
council-owned tower blocks out of 2,925 had sprinklers
fitted. After a fire in ... USA CNN files lawsuit seeking Comey's Trump memos CNN
International That constitutes a violation of the
federal Freedom of Information Act, the lawsuit alleges. CNN asked
the court to require the agency release the ... India RTI activist Nikhil Dey sentenced to 4 months in jail in
20-year-old case Sify News The case refers to a row in May 1998,
when Dey, a Right To Information activist, had gone to a village near
Jaipur to investigate reports of corruption in ... Canada Canada: Snitches Don't Get Stitches: IPC Upholds Municipal Decision To Withhold Complainant ... Mondaq News Alerts (registration) The requestor submitted a request to
City of Toronto under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for
records generated ... Bangladesh Learning from the US's experience The Daily Star ... between the socio-economic and
political conditions of Bangladesh and the US and the extent of their Right to Information
(RTI) experiences. USA Think FOIA Is a Paper Tiger? The New York Times Gives It
Some Bite New York Times Time has not been kind to the Freedom of Information Act. It was enacted more than 50
years ago to give citizens the right to obtain documents from ... Bangladesh BREAKING THE CULTURE OF 'SECRECY': Judiciary stands for right to information The Daily Star As the Court also opined, a negative
opinion of the political parties in providing information would undoubtedly
violate citizen's right to information ... India (Village and Block): A Comparative study of Bihar and
Rajasthan Central Information Commission I was interested in exploring whether
the right to information has made Blocks and Villages more
transparent and accountable institutions at the ... Ireland Tusla 'worst offender' for refusing Freedom of Information requests Irish Independent "The real sense we have is this
is a resource issue; I mention Tusla particularly, because they outsourced [Freedom of Information work] to the HSE ... India Frontline Comparison of RTI data show that the
Narendra Modi government has not been as good for right to information as its predecessor, the
Manmohan ... UK Thousands of children's operations
cancelled each year, NHS figures show The Guardian The real number of cancellations is
likely to be much higher as the figures obtained by Labour under freedom of information laws cover barely half of ... India Modi Urged to Ensure Speedy Appointment of Central
Information Commissioners The
Wire With many posts vacant for months,
case pendency is on the rise. The National Campaign for Peoples' Right to Information has urged the prime ... India No Information For RTI Query On Taj Mahal, Archaeological
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groups has demanded the Punjab Pakistan The Nation It was presented in the Senate this
week and has since then been termed redundant by various activists. Ireland State faces �60m bill for public
services cards by end of year Irish Times Records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal the Government is
examining other opportunities for the use of the card, including the ... Pakistan Right of Access to
Information Bill 'restrictive, ineffective' The Nation However, citizens are unable to
exercise this right in the absence of an effective federal right to information law. The CRTI presented its charter
of ... Pakistan Punjab govt failed to
appoint information commissioners: Expert The Nation He said the Punjab government had made
a legislation on the Right to Information law and made a commission to protect
the citizens' right to ... India BMC has spent ₹540 crore, but is yet to get land for 166 projects in Mumbai Hindustan Times Information accessed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act revealed that the
collectors' offices -city and suburban - are yet
to clear land ... Pakistan Reply sought in
appointments case The News International ... of the chief information
commissioner had been lying vacant for two months in violation of Punjab
Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2013. Pakistan A law that will ensure
secrecy instead of transparency The News International ISLAMABAD: The newly-drafted Right to Information Bill tabled in the Senate defeats the
purpose of its formation, thus, it turns out to be a
great ... Brazil Knight Center for Journalism in the
Americas (blog) ... Brazil are not punished, according to a recent report from Article 19 Brazil, an
NGO that defends freedom of expression and the right to information. India RTI: Lawyer seeks info on
judge's IQ Times of India Ahmedabad: In a weird request under the Right to Information Act (RTI), a lawyer has asked for
details about the intelligence quotient (IQ) of a sitting ... India RTI activist alleges
bungling in BRTS NYOOOZ Amritsar, May 23 A Right to Information (RTI) activist and a social worker,
Suresh Kumar Sharma, alleged embezzlement of funds by officials of
the ... Pakistan Both the PML-N and PPP had committed in the Charter of Democracy that an effective right to information law would be enacted and the Freedom
of ... India Information Commission
Backs Centre, Says Details of Naga Accord to Be Kept Secret in Public ... The
Wire ... emerged about the contents of the
accord even a month later, Nayak filed an RTI application with the PMO under
the Right to Information Act, 2005. Malta Planning Authority keeps
chairman's new salary under wraps MaltaToday ... executive chairman's new salary,
instead forwarding this newspaper to make a Freedom of Information request - a lengthier approach to
obtaining ... UK Surrey Police catches 58
drivers using phones behind the wheel in month after tougher ... Get Surrey Just 58 drivers were caught using
their mobile phones in Surrey in March, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. This figure is
dwarfed by the ... Pakistan Senate body approves Right To Information bill The News International ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing
Committee on Information and Broadcasting accorded approval to the Right to Information Bill 2017 Monday and ... UK At least one deer is
killed every week on Surrey roads Get Surrey Thirty five deer died on four Surrey
roads alone in 2016-17, according to data from a Freedom of Information request. Surrey's deadliest road is
the M3 ... Pakistan RTI bill approved by
Senate committee without taking suggestion from civil society: CPDI The Nation ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on
Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage has approved right to information bill tabled by government ... India Haryana Assembly Corrects
Speaker's Educational Qualification After RTI Highlights Discrepancy The
Wire Through an application filed under the
Right to Information Act 2005, advocate Hemant Kumar had sought information
from the state public information ... Sri Lanka Appoint Information
Officers as required by RTI Act: Commission The Sunday Times Sri Lanka The Right to Information Commission (RTIC) has called on
Public Authorities (PA) who have yet to comply, to abide by the mandatory
statutory duty, ... Sri Lanka Odisha activist in Limca
Book of Records for receiving highest RTI replies Odisha Sun Times Akhand had filed a petition under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI) with the Department
of Posts, Govt of India on Jan 22, 2016 asking whether ... India 4000 investors conned of
440 acres Pune
Mirror Given the magnitude of the scam, right to information (RTI) activist Vijay Kumbhar filed an
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buildings Dhaka
Tribune "Every citizen has a right to information from the Authority and the Authority
shall on demand from a citizen be bound to provide information," the Right ... Bangladesh Complaints at info commission on the rise Dhaka
Tribune Ever since the Right to Information (RTI) Act was enacted, the
Information Commission has been seeing a significant rise of complaints by
those who ... Pakistan Zardari wants draft RTI law presented
in parliament The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday urged the government to
bring the draft Right to Information [RTI] law - agreed upon by all ... Pakistan PHC makes judges' salaries
public The News International The applicant, Zahid Abdullah, a
resident of Islamabad, filed an RTI request under the provision of KP Right to Information Act 2013 for making the ... Pakistan Call for effective implementation of right to information law The News International Veteran journalist and human rights
activist Zubeida Mustafa said the Right to Information Act serves as a means of check and
balance to keep the ... India Filing an FIR is no answer for a missing file; PIO should
reconstruct the file, rules CIC Moneylife Neither lodging a first information
report (FIR) with the police nor denying information to a citizen under Right to Information Act (RTI) under the pretext ... India Word power: An RTI query to BBMP hits the language
barrier Bangalore
Mirror Of all the excuses available to not
provide information against an RTI (Right to Information) query, a public information officer
at the Bruhat Bengaluru ... Bangladesh The Daily Star There is a new breed of fans in South
Asia: fans of the Right to Information (RTI) laws in our region. These are passionate, almost
fanatical, RTI ... Pakistan Marriyum Aurangzeb presents 'Right to Information Bill, 2017' before
Senate ARY NEWS ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for
Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday laid before India How RTI changed the face of Investigative Journalism in
India forever The
Siasat Daily Shyamlal Yadav not only masters to use the Indian Right to Information law as powerful tool for his
journalistic work, even more importantly, in his role ... Pakistan PTI seeks information about corruption allegations on Fawad Hassan Pakistan Today Therefore, she said that right to information law demands that the "unedited"
version of this report must be made public. Andleeb requested that she ... India Central Government Owes Rs 451.75 Crore to Air India For VVIP Flights Outlook India ... vice president and the prime minister, as well as special
missions, according to the latest data provided
under the Right To Information Act. India RTI rejection rate in most public sector banks increased
in 2015-16 Hindustan Times An analysis by a Delhi-based advocacy
group of over 80,000 applications filed under the Right To Information Act with 24 major public
sector ... Sri Lanka ETCA will destroy Sri Lanka's IT sector- Lasantha Wickramasinghe Lankaweb ... measures to legalize its lack of transparency
by excluding the Right to Know about international trade agreements by its Right to Information
Bill. USA Number of FOIA Requests Reaches
Record High Secrecy News (blog) Federal government agencies received
more Freedom of Information Act requests last year than ever
before, the Justice Department reported last ... Pakistan IHC seeks details of civil servants working in IFIs The Nation He adopted that this is his right to
know under the Right to Information Law. The petitioner who is Pakistani and Belgium
national stated that on ... Pakistan PTI seeks info on 'misuse of PM Office by Maryam Nawaz' The Nation ... is addressed to the principal secretary of the Prime
Minister's Secretariat seeking information under the Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002. Scotland The Scottish Sun But when Police Scotland were asked to
reveal the detailed terms of the order under Freedom of Information rules, they
refused and declined to ... USA GOP Chairman Tells Agencies What to Release in FOIA
Requests New York Times "All such documents and
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| Project Title | Democratic Local Governance for development in Pakistan |
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| Supported By | Jointly funded by European Union and FNF |
| Duration | 4 Years starting from Jan, 2017 |
| Project Objectives | 1. To develop good governance coalitions / partnerships of CSOs, Local Authorities (LAs) and the private sector for people -oriented sustainable development; 2. To enable civil society-district NGOs and Media to advocate for transparent and accountable local governance to monitor and assess the performance of LAs in the targeted districts; and 3. To support Local Authorities to fulfil their mandates for inclusive and transparent budgeting and planning processes as well as to negotiate with provincial governments on local development issues. |
| Geographic Focus | 15 Districts of KP, Balochistan and Sindh 1- Peshawar 2- Buner 3- Swabi 4- Charsada 5- Hangu 6- Karachi South 7- Hyderabad 8- Khairpur 9- Sukkur 10- Ghotki 11- Quetta 12- Bolan 13- Sibi 14- Ziarat 15- Jaffarabad |
| Target Group & Beneficiaries | Citizens, Local CSOs, Media, Local Authorities |
| Brief Description | Project “Democratic Local Governance for Development in Pakistan” aims to build capacity of CSOs and citizens to demand more efficient, transparent, inclusive and accountable local governance systems in the KP, Sindh and Balochistan. Under this initiative support will be provided to Local Authorities to fulfill the mandates for inclusive and transparent budgeting and planning processes and better service delivery especially in Education, Health, Water and Sanitation. |
Support to Media in Pakistan
| Project Title | Support to Media in Pakistan |
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| Supported By | IMS-DANIDA |
| Duration | 24 Apr 2015 - 30 Nov 2016 |
| Project Objectives | Train 1500 Journalists across Pakistan; 1. To improve their understanding and knowledge on legal framework and issues related to journalists safety 2. To enhance their basic life saving skills |
| Geographic Focus | 75 districts across Pakistan (districts of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, KP, AJK, Federal Capital and FATA) |
| Target Group & Beneficiaries | Journalists |
| Brief Description | Journalism as a profession has witnessed enormous growth over the past decade. But safety of journalists and issue of impunity still remains largely devoid of much needed attention by the government. Currently 18,000 or more journalists are working in Pakistan. In 2012, the UNESCO launched the UN Action Plan on Impunity against Journalists and Issues of Safety and included Pakistan among its five pilot countries for its implementation. CPDI has been given the task under this project by IMS-DANIDA to train 1500 local journalists across Pakistan in 75 training sessions on themes related to physical safety in the context of Pakistan’s environment. It is envisaged that by completing this two-day training workshop the journalists would get adequate knowledge and guidance, and learn significant tips and techniques to enter the field more confidently, carry out their professional work more objectively, and adopt safety procedures and protective mechanisms that are vital to safeguard their physical safety. |
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India Govt plans to change RTI
norms will make information expensive, appeals difficult Hindustan Times The government wants to make
getting information difficult as the draft rules empower public authorities
more than citizens right to information (RTI) ... India Pol parties under RTI:
CIC puts matter in abeyance India Today The file notings
have now been disclosed by the Central Information Commission under the Right
to Information (RTI) Act to activist R K Jain, who had ... India RTI pleas on pension
issues should be decided in 48 hrs: CIC Business Standard ... to pension of a person
pertains to his/her life and liberty which is mandated to be replied to
within 48 hours as Pakistan Pakistan Observer Right to Information Commission (RTIC) Friday served notice on an officer of local
administration for not sharing information and directed him to
submit ... India Criminal case against
wife for lying of being jobless to get alimony Pune Mirror Therefore, the husband decided
to get evidence under the Right to Information (RTI) Act about her
position Bahamas Activists Fear Foi Act Will Not Be Enacted As Election Looms Bahamas Tribune #AS the general election looms,
activists fear that the government's Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) 2017 is heading for the same fate of its ... Pakistan Right to information: Multan chief
engineer fined two salaries The Express Tribune LAHORE: The Punjab Information
Commission has imposed a fine of two salaries on an executive engineer of the
machinery division of Multan for not ... Pakistan Vasai doctor booked for
extorting money from builder Times of India MUMBAI: A week after an
absconding Vasai-based government doctor and Right
To Information (RTI) activist was booked for extorting money from a ... India No change in fee
structure, word limit for RTI queries: Centre refutes 'misleading' reports Hindustan Times The Centre on Wednesday dubbed
as �misleading� media reports on the Right to Information (RTI)
Act Sri Lanka 110 Acts in conflict
with RTI: DG Information Daily Mirror A total of 110 Acts had been
found to be contradicting with the Right to Information Act
when the RTI was implemented, Government Information ... UK Parking fine appeal
success varies between council areas BBC News Figures obtained through the Freedom
of Information Act show about a third of driver challenges were accepted.
The figures cover initial challenges to ... USA Documents show NYPD
infiltrated Black Lives Matter despite no knowledge of criminal activity AOL The information was made public
thanks to a freedom of information lawsuit filed by a New York law
firm. The documents shed light on how the NYPD ... Canada Overhaul of Canada's
Access to Information Act taking too long, critic says He pointed to a global right-to-information
rating chart, compiled by his organization, which gives Canada a ranking of 49
out of 111 countries. India Killing RTI: Bad idea
to let an inquiry lapse if applicant dies Financial Express Given how the Right to
Information (RTI) Act has become a powerful tool in the hands of citizens
to ensure accountability from public authorities, it is ... Ireland Justice officials
tried to keep Data Protection Commissioner's files secret Irish Times As a "partially included" body
under the Freedom of Information Act the office is exempt from
disclosing its records other than those to do with general ... Pakistan Court seeks copy of
notification banning protests on The Mall The Nation The LHC sought more arguments
on a petition challenging the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information
Act (PTRIA). Justice Atir Mehmood
of the ... India Right to information can't be curtailed,
says Supreme Court Deccan Chronicle New Delhi: The Supreme Court on
Thursday made it clear that it can't curtail the right to seek information,
knowledge and wisdom as long as the ... UK Heathrow third
runway: Councils spent �350000 on legal action BBC News Four councils under Heathrow
Airport's flight path spent �350,000 on legal fees challenging the planned
third runway, the BBC has learnt. Hillingdon ... Sri Lanka New anti-terrorism
law undermines RTI The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Questions now arise on the
position of the CTA against the Right to Information Act, also enacted
by this Government, which denotes that public ... India The right to reject,
deny, obfuscate The Hindu A month had passed since Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation announcement, but Venkatesh
Nayak, a Right to Information (RTI) ... India RTI activists may
come under increased threat with new rules The Indian Express The Centre is planning to
impose new rules related to the Right to Information Act that will
mean potential for threats and attacks to RTI activists. India Give info on sexual
harassment cases to victims within 48 hrs: CIC The Tribune Information on sexual
harassment cases should be provided to victims within 48 hours under the Right
to Information Act as it pertains to their life and ... India When CIC disposed
1282 appeals of an RTI applicant in a single order Moneylife ... the Central Information
Commission (CIC) had dismissed a record 1,282 second appeals filed by an
applicant under the Right to Information (RTI) ... Sri Lanka * Salawa
explosion victims to take legal action to obtain compensation Colombo Page The victims of the blast have
decided to submit an application to obtain information under the Right to
Information Act on how the government has ... Bangladesh Designated officials
can now receive RTI training online Dhaka Tribune The online training for the Right
to Information Act (RTI) 2009 will be available on the Information
Commission's website, Shafiul informed
reporters ... Sri Lanka RTI application by
TISL reveals EPF investment details Colombo Gazette Transparency International Sri
Lanka (TISL) has successfully utilised the Right
to Information (RTI) Act to request and receive information
relating to ... Canada Some Canadian bank
record information being sent directly to IRS According to information
obtained by CBC News under a U.S. Freedom of Information Act
request, 31,574 such reports have been sent directly to ... India Non-Traceability Of
The File Cannot Be A Defence To Deny Information CIC Read Order Live Law ... their
destruction would be seen as a destruction of evidence and will invite
sanctions under the Public Records Act and the Right to Information
Act. Pakistan Punjab DG
anti-corruption ordered to provide info about corruption The News International However, the DG anti-corruption
did not take an action on an application, filed by Sarmad
Ali Advocate under the Right to Information Act 2013. Ireland New data shows just
2076 homes built last year Irish Times ... State last year was just
2,076, a fraction of the Government's 15,000 estimate,
according to new figures obtained under the Freedom of Information. Sri Lanka RTI: President gives
people access to Cabinet decisions The Sunday Times Sri Lanka ... has informed all Ministers
that all Cabinet decisions and Memoranda not falling within excepted
categories under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, ... UK Elderly people hit by
council delays in free personal care BBC News Age Scotland's research,
compiled using freedom of information requests, found significant
variations across councils in the time taken to carry out ... India 500 plus RTI queries:
Man loses right to seek info Deccan Herald A Punjab resident running riot
with rampant applications under the Right to Information Act
(RTI) has become a pain in the neck for the state authorities ... UK More NHS mental
health patients treated privately BBC News By George Greenwood BBC Freedom
of Information researcher ... Freedom of information
requests were sent to all 81 NHS mental health authorities ... Australia Western Sydney's
peak-hour train services could be cut, while North Shore may benefit ABC Online Direct train services from Penrith could be cut back as the city's $20-billion Metro
project wavers on its promise of a faster, better rail system for all. USA Trump seeks shift in
visa allotments key to tech outsourcing Information Management Outsourcing companies now get
far more visas than traditional technology companies, according to data
collected through Freedom of Information Act ... India Soft drink to oil,
state food monitors find 9 products of top firms 'substandard' The Indian Express According to information
accessed by The Indian Express under the Right to Information
(RTI) Act, these products include Pepsico's Mirinda, ... India SHRC orders Rs 15 lakh compensation for RTI activist's family Daily News & Analysis Shetty, who had exposed several land-related scams through Right
To Information Act, was brutally murdered at Talegaon
Dabhade in Pune
district ... Pakistan PML-N to win 2018
elections with performance: Marriyum Pakistan Today The minister said the
government was working to finalise Right to
Information Bill to facilitate the journalists in order to perform their
duties in a proper ... Pakistan Federal and
Balochistan RTI laws most ineffective: CPDI report The Nation Federal and Balochistan RTI
laws most ineffective: CPDI report ... Centre for Peace and
Development Initiatives, (CPDI) urges federal government
to ... Pakistan PTI demands PTV
chairperson's resignation over 'serious violations' The Express Tribune �Being the citizen of Pakistan
and a taxpayer, under the Article 19-A of the Constitution of Pakistan and Freedom
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Bill has been doing the rounds of parliament for nearly five years and even
passed the Senate in 2013 before it was allowed to ... India 9.76 lakh applications filed for RTI in 2015-16 Indiainfoline In year 2015-16, people of
India filed 9.76 lakh applications under the Right
to Information Act. The applications see an increase of 20% as
against the ... India Narendra Modi's
social media presence free of cost, says PMO to Manish Sisodia's
RTI The revelation was made in
response to a Right To Information (RTI) plea filed by Delhi's deputy
chief minister, Manish Sisodia demanding to
know ... Bangladesh Gonojagoron Moncho
uses Right to Information Act on Tonu murder
case Dhaka Tribune Comilla branch of Gonojagoron Moncho has demanded to know the current state of Tonu murder investigation under the Right to
Information Act and ... Pakistan Punjab Information
Commission verdict The News International ISLAMABAD: With the enforcement
of Right to Information (RTI) law in Punjab, citizens aware of their
rights are not only filing requests to the ... India Can't apply RTI Act
to unaided institutions: State info panel Times of India ... from
the government do not fall within the ambit of the Right to Information
(RTI) Act, 2005, the state information commission's Pune
bench has ruled. Pakistan Information
commission asks LHC registrar to reveal CJ's salary, perks ... had
not provided him the piece of information within the time period prescribed
in the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013. Malta Shareholders' right
to information Times of Malta The First Hall Civil Court,
presided over by Mr Justice Joseph Zammit McKeon on February 28, 2017, in the case 'Dr
Suzanne Wolfe Martin as ... Pakistan Hefty pay cheque: Punjab's top judge gets Rs1.05m per month The Express Tribune Under Section 7 of the Punjab
Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2013, the CJ has nominated
Deputy Registrar (Procurement) Shahbaz ... USA Court rules
government employees can't hide public records in private accounts LA Daily News In its unanimous decision, the
court made an analogy to the treatment of public records under the federal Freedom
of Information Act. �In construing ... India Munna bhai
MBBS style: RTI exposes over 50 applicants sent imposters to write Haryana
clerk exam India Today The recruitment examination
comprised a written test and one in computer skills. Gurugram-based
Right to Information activist Harinder Dhingra, who ... India RTI Act: 50% rise in
penalties imposed on central public information officers Times of India The Right to Information
Act, 2005 provides for imposition of penalty by CIC against central public information
officers (CPIO), in pursuance of section ... India Prescription for
doctors who duck responsibility Mumbai Mirror When, under the right to
Information Act, I asked for a copy of the report on the action taken, Sion Hospital's assistant dean, who was also the facility's ... Pakistan Right to information: LHC told to
disclose staff salaries on website The Express Tribune LAHORE: In a rare move, the
Punjab Information Commission has asked the Lahore High Court (LHC) to make
public the records of salaries, ... Pakistan Punjab govt urged to appoint information commissioners� The News International The Punjab Transparency and Right
to Information Act 2013 which scores 139 out of 140 points on CPDI score
Sheet of Right to Information Laws of ... Pakistan WILL the newly enacted Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Act
2016 be a harbinger of transparency in Sindh? The
answer to this question ... Sri Lanka Caution not to strike
premature body blows on RTI Daily Mirror Sri Lankan activists who rushed
precipitously to file Right to Information (RTI) requests for the
Assets Declarations of the President and the Prime ... UK Activists Stop
Deportation of Asylum Seekers in London teleSUR English ... planes
with no witnesses." A Freedom of Information request found that
1,877 people were deported on such charters in 2015, reported the Mirror. India RTI applications can
be filed orally: Govt Business Standard The applications under Right
to Information (RTI) Act can be filed orally, Minister of State for
Personnel Jitendra Singh said today. Section 6 (1)
of the ... India Research scholars
allege₹45-lakh swindle in MKU The Hindu ... University Grants
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only for vulnerable officials' The News International The Punjab Home Department has
refused to disclose information under Right to Information Act
regarding use of bulletproof vehicles by government ... India Activist Moves SC
Against Delhi HC Judgment Excluding AG's Office From RTI [Read Petition] Live Law Justice Vibhu Bakhru allowed
the appeal and held that the office of the Attorney General of India is a
public authority under the Right to Information Act ... India Modi's passport
application cannot be disclosed: Chief Information Commissioner RK Mathur The New Indian Express ... had earlier refused to
share the documents, saying it is "personal information" which
cannot be provided under the Right to Information (RTI) Sri Lanka RTI Commission seeks
Rs. 76 m to carry out its work efficiently The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's Right to
Information (RTI) Commission says it has urged the Finance Ministry's
Budget Director to ensure that Rs. 76 million allocated for it ... India Plea to reserve MBBS
seats for govt. school students The Hindu He claimed that information
obtained under the Right to Information Act, 2005 revealed that out of
the 35,357 MBBS seats filled between the academic ... Bangladesh JS standing committee
meetings should be open to public The Daily Star ... be open to public and the
wealth accounts of the public representatives should be published to make the
right to information (RTI) more effective. Pakistan 'Whistleblower'
clause dropped from Right to Information Bill PressReader Pakistan's Senate committee on
the Right to Information (RTI) Bill 2016 yesterday unanimously decided
to drop the clause for �whistle-blowers� from ... Pakistan Interpol help sought
to curb blasphemy online ... Pakistan's embassy in
Washington has been tasked with contacting Facebook to seek the requisite
information under US Right to Information laws. USA Obama Administration
Spent Record Millions in 2016 Fighting Freedom of Information Act
Requests The Root In its final year, the Obama
administration spent a record $36.2 million on legal costs defending its
refusal to turn over federal records requested under ... Pakistan After Punjab and KP,
Sindh passes right to information bill The News International Following the lead of the
Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, the provincial legislature of Sindh
unanimously passed the Sindh ... India Narendra Modi degree:
Delhi University college says no data of students passing out in 1978 The New Indian Express ... and Section Officer
(Information) of the University, who are the deemed PIOs under section 5(4)
and 5(5) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Pakistan THE government continues to
drag its feet over the issue of enacting a right to information
law and putting in place institutional mechanisms so that ... Pakistan THE active history of right
to information laws in Pakistan starts from 2002, when we became the
first country in South Asia to pass an ordinance in this ... Pakistan Senator Babar tables
report and draft of RTI bill Daily Times ISLAMABAD: Special Committee of
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agrees to draft RTI Bill 2016 The Nation ISLAMABAD - A Senate select
committee on Tuesday unanimously agreed on the draft of the Right to
Information (RTI) Bill, 2016. A formal approval of ... Sri Lanka The Right to
Information Act is effective from today. SLBC Minister of Mass Media Gayantha Karunathilaka says the
Right to Information Act is effective from today. This is an election
pledge made to the public ... Pakistan CPDI calls to include
stakeholders in legislation on RTI The News International As reported in the media, the
select committee has unanimously approved draft of right to information
bill and has agreed that the proposed ... India Attorney General
doesn't come under RTI: Delhi HC Under the Right to
Information (RTI) Act, any government office or authority or any organisation substantially funded by the government comes
under ... Pakistan Government urged to
consult stakeholders The Nation It is a good development that
government has expedited the process of legislation on right to
information, a statement issued by an Islamabad based ... Pakistan Nadra reluctant to share
details of rented offices The Nation This correspondent, as a
complainant, had filed a right to information (RTI) request on October
26, 2016, with the NADRA chairman seeking ... India Info panel: Come
clean on Mecca Masjid firing report Times of India The commission was dealing with
an appeal filed by Right to Information activist S Q Masood who had sought documents such as the terms
of ... Canada Ontario keeps
abortion stats a secret. Pro-lifers are suing to expose the truth Lifesite Maloney and her ally were in
Ottawa's Superior Court on Wednesday, arguing against a change to the Freedom
of Information and Protection of ... Pakistan CPDI calls to include
stakeholders in legislation on RTI The News International ISLAMABAD: The Centre for
Peace and Development Initiatives (CDPI) while welcoming the development
that government has expedited the process ... Nepal Information sought
from 60 colleges affiliated to TU Republica The NGO has been working for right
to information (RTI) in Nepal and on Sunday sought information from TU's
60 offshoot colleges in Kathmandu ... Sri Lanka Batti women take RTI route
to seek details on loved ones Colombo Gazette A group of women in Batticaloa are attempting to use the Right To
Information (RTI) Act to locate their loves ones, The Hindu newspaper
reported. USA FBI axes FOIA
requests by email, so dust off your fax machine TechCrunch Starting next month, the FBI
will no longer accept Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by
email. In lieu of its popular email service, the FBI ... UK Maternity crisis
looms over tide of retiring staff: Third of midwives are aged over 50 as
Royal ... Daily Mail Freedom of Information requests in 2015 found that half of hospitals had to close
their doors to women giving birth at least once as they were too busy. India Now, BPL applicants
have to pay for photocopies above 50 pages Times of India ... Poverty Line (BPL) category
will no longer be able to seek unlimited photocopies of desired information
under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. Nepal Information sought
from 60 colleges affiliated to TU Anna Note (satire) (press
release) (blog) The NGO has been working for
the right to information (RTI) in Nepal and on Sunday sought
information from TU's 60 offshoot colleges in Kathmandu ... India Bar case appeal cost
State Rs. 37 lakh The Hindu ... into
the bar licence renewal bribery case had cost the
public exchequer an estimated Rs. 37 lakh, a Right
to Information (RTI) reply has revealed. Canada End this cult of
secrecy: Editorial Toronto Star Instead, they are governed by
provisions of Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act. And that means getting access to records of ... Bahamas Freedom Of Information Bill Is Passed
Despite Rollins Broadside Bahamas Tribune #THE House of Assembly passed
the revamped Freedom of Information Bill last night, hours after Fort
Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins launched a ... UK The figures, gathered through
data obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, suggest that
reasons for delays included a lack of home care, ... Sri Lanka The Sunday Times Sri Lanka RTI: Even President's office is
not prepared: Though the Right to Information Act officially came into
force on February 3, it seems that in most ... Pakistan Busted: KP education
dept demolishes PTI claims on social media! Pakistan Today The requested information was,
after all, part of the public domain, which is accessible to anyone through
the Right to Information Act, 2013. Why the ... UK More than 30 troops
across the Armed Forces are having medical treatment to change their gender Daily Mail Thirty-four troops across the
Armed forces are undergoing medical treatment to reassign their gender, a Freedom
of Information request has revealed. Tunisia Is Tunisia Rolling
Back Freedom of Information? Global Voices Online In 2016, the constitutional
right to access information was reinforced by the parliament's adoption of a freedom
of information law (Law n�22 of 24 ... USA How to Force
Government Transparency, Even Under Trump ... generally
as the Freedom of Information Act. And since 2010, MuckRock,
a Boston-based nonprofit, has been helping people to file FOIA requests. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's Right
to Information act ranks third place globally on the RTI Rating Colombo Page Sri Lanka ranks at the third
place in the Global Right to Information Rating, which assess
country's legal framework according to 61 indicators. Mexico ... Pakistan Ombudsman directs Nadra to respond to RTI request The News International Federal ombudsman has termed Nadra's refusal to entertain a right to information
(RTI) request an intentional lack of transparency and accountability. India RTI activist blows
whistle, faces heat Times of India ... both
state and central authorities, Right to Information (RTI) activist P Srinivas Rao, a resident of Qutbullapur, is facing heat from the city police. Australia Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull and ministers were told wind not to blame for South
Australia ... The Sydney Morning Herald ... target ignored confidential
public service advice stating that it was not the cause, according to emails obtaine India Air quality in Delhi
remains poor Business Standard The report, based on
information obtained through online reports and Right to Information
(RTI) applications from state pollution control boards across ... Pakistan Seeking greater
transparency, Senate committee approves Right to Information Bill Members of a Senate select
committee on Tuesday unanimously adopted a bill that seeks to codify
citizens' right to information. During the meeting ... Pakistan Crossing tracks led
to 1798 of 3202 train fatalities in Mumbai in 2016 Hindustan Times According to the statistics
obtained under a Right to Information application by activist Sameer Jhaveri, 3,202
passengers died and 3,363 were injured ... Malawi Malawi president
signs right to information law africanews Malawians are now empowered by
law to seek information from elected officials and public entities. This
comes after President Peter Mutharika
signed ... Pakistan The News International In 2013, the Senate approved
the Right to Information Act but it was allowed to lapse when the
PML-N government didn't introduce it in the National ... India RTI applications can
now be filed online; depts. asked to upload information The Hindu Now, it is possible to file
online applications under Right To Information (RTI) Act as State
Information Commission has set up a mechanism for ... India Only information can
be sought under RTI Act, says PIO The Hindu In a bizarre reply to an
application filed under the Right to Information Act of 2005, the
Public Information Officer (PIO)-cum-Under Secretary of Tamil ... Pakistan Charsadda DHQ 'refuses' to
provide required information to RTI Commission Daily Times A social audit committee (SAC)
was formed to gather the required information for which Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2013
was ... Canada Canada: Unproven
Complaints Against Employers Could Soon Be Released To The Public Mondaq News Alerts (registration) "(Freedom of
information law) was designed to allow access to information from
government agencies, not adjudicative documents from tribunals ... Australia Vocational education:
Up to 3000 disabled students at risk of funding cut The Sydney Morning Herald Documents released under freedom
of information laws show that thousands of disabled students studying
courses in business administration, ... Pakistan Business Recorder (press
release) (registration) (blog) While Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab governments have adopted
creditable new right to information laws, the other two provinces as
well as the ... India Soon, file RTI pleas
at the click of a mouse The Asian Age New Delhi: Filing pleas under
the Right to Information Act will just be a click away for Delhiites with the city government planning to bring a
new policy ... India Disclose Nathuram Godse's statement in
Gandhi assassination trial: CIC Hindustan Times Acharyulu directed the Central Public Information Commissioner not to
charge Rs 3 per page for photocopying because the Right to Information
Act ... Canada Taxpayer-funded
transit report kept secret by city Toronto Star The Star has also made a freedom
of information request in this case. �Anyone who went to high school will
remember that if you didn't show your ... Canada Secrecy often chokes
off public information from tribunal hearings Toronto Star They were told they would have
to file a Freedom of Information request � which can be a costly and
lengthy process, with no guarantee that ... UK British troops given
guide to Estonian strip clubs BBC News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) provided British
soldiers with a guide to strip clubs in the Estonian capital, a freedom of
information request to the ... Nepal Nepal, Bangladesh
information commissions sign cooperation deal Himalayan Times ... of
Nepal and Bangladesh have recently made an agreement to exchange mutual
cooperation regarding promotion of the right to information. India Delhi: 24 'escaped'
from Asha Kiran home in
six years, reveals RTI The Indian Express ... inquiries made under the Right
to Information (RTI) Act indicate that apart from deaths of inmates �
some as young as eight � there have also been ... UK Driver with 62
penalty points on licence still on the road,
investigation discovers The Independent The Freedom of Information
Requests, sent out by the BBC, found 203 people were still driving despite
accumulating more than 18 points. India Divorcee has no right
to stay with in-laws: Rajasthan High Court Times of India Under the Right to
Information Act, they were informed that, at the stage of police
verification, it was found that criminal cases (s) were registered ... India RTI activist trying
to expose fraud in pvt schools stabbed Times of India Hyderabad: Seeking to know the
truth using the Right to Information (RTI) Act can prove costly, and
the latest to face this reality is Vakiti Madhubabu, ... India Information on ₹47 lakh payment to Virat
Kohli from disaster funds triggers row The Hindu In a reply to the Right to
Information (RTI) application filed by one Ajendra
Ajay, who is associated with the BJP, it was found that a payment of
Rs ... Pakistan The News on Sunday Over the last few years,
Pakistan has become more accepting of citizen's right to information,
and provinces have come up with their respective laws. Sri Lanka Illegal fishing: The
Sunday Times invokes RTI law to get to the bottom The Sunday Times Sri Lanka ... which ultimately cost Sri
Lanka a ban on exports, the first application by the Sunday Times under the
new India RTI query turns a
nightmare for BSF constable The Hindu An attempt to seek information
under the Right to Information Act has become a nightmare for Shibin Thomas, a BSF constable, hailing from ... India Former bureaucrat
appointed Jammu & Kashmir CIC The Indian Express The State Information
Commission was set up by the state government under the provisions of Jammu
and Kashmir Right to Information Act in ... Israel New bill aims to
charge left-wing NGOs to access public information The Times of Israel In a letter to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, the Movement for the Freedom of Information,
a group that works to implement the Freedom of ... Pakistan The News on Sunday The limitations on
constitutional freedom of information must be used sparingly and only
where the harm caused by disclosure of information ... Nepal KUKL refuses to
respond to RTI petition Republica ... Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited
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on Tuesday unanimously agreed on the draft of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill, 2016. A formal approval
of ... Sri Lanka The Right to Information Act is effective from today. SLBC Minister of Mass Media Gayantha
Karunathilaka says the Right to Information Act is effective from today. This is
an election pledge made to the public ... Pakistan CPDI calls to include stakeholders in legislation on RTI The News International As reported in the media, the select
committee has unanimously approved draft of right to information bill and has agreed that the
proposed ... India Attorney General doesn't come under RTI:
Delhi HC Under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, any government office or
authority or any organisation substantially funded by the government comes
under ... Pakistan Government urged to consult stakeholders The Nation It is a good development that
government has expedited the process of legislation on right to information, a statement issued by an Islamabad
based ... Pakistan Nadra reluctant to share details of rented
offices The Nation This correspondent, as a complainant,
had filed a right to information (RTI) request on October 26, 2016,
with the NADRA chairman seeking ... India Info panel: Come clean on Mecca Masjid firing report Times of India The commission was dealing with an
appeal filed by Right to Information activist S Q Masood who had sought documents such as the
terms of ... Canada Ontario keeps abortion stats a secret. Pro-lifers are suing to expose
the truth Lifesite Maloney and her ally were in Ottawa's
Superior Court on Wednesday, arguing against a change to the Freedom of Information and Protection of ... Pakistan CPDI calls to include stakeholders in legislation on RTI The News International ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Peace and
Development Initiatives (CDPI) while welcoming the development that government
has expedited the process ... Nepal Information sought from 60 colleges affiliated
to TU Republica The NGO has been working for right to information (RTI) in Nepal and on Sunday sought
information from TU's 60 offshoot colleges in Kathmandu ... Sri Lanka Batti women take RTI route to seek details on loved ones Colombo Gazette A group of women in Batticaloa are
attempting to use the Right To Information (RTI) Act to locate their loves ones,
The Hindu newspaper reported. USA FBI axes FOIA requests by email, so dust off
your fax machine TechCrunch Starting next month, the FBI will no
longer accept Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by email. In lieu
of its popular email service, the FBI ... UK Maternity crisis looms over tide of retiring
staff: Third of midwives are aged over 50 as Royal ... Daily Mail Freedom of Information requests in 2015 found that half of
hospitals had to close their doors to women giving birth at least once as
they were too busy. India Now, BPL applicants have to pay for photocopies above 50 pages Times of India ... Poverty Line (BPL) category will
no longer be able to seek unlimited photocopies of desired information under
the Right To Information (RTI) Act. Nepal Information sought from 60 colleges affiliated to TU Anna Note (satire) (press release)
(blog) The NGO has been working for the right to information (RTI) in Nepal and on Sunday sought
information from TU's 60 offshoot colleges in
Kathmandu ... India Bar case appeal cost State Rs. 37 lakh The Hindu ... into the bar licence renewal bribery case had cost the public
exchequer an estimated Rs. 37 lakh, a Right to Information (RTI) reply has revealed. Canada End this cult of secrecy: Editorial Toronto
Star Instead, they are governed by
provisions of Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. And
that means getting access to records of ... Bahamas Freedom Of Information Bill Is Passed Despite Rollins Broadside Bahamas
Tribune #THE House of Assembly passed the
revamped Freedom of Information Bill last night, hours after Fort
Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins launched a ... UK The figures, gathered through data
obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, suggest that reasons for
delays included a lack of home care, ... Sri Lanka The Sunday Times Sri Lanka RTI: Even President's office is not
prepared: Though the Right to Information Act officially came into force on
February 3, it seems that in most ... Pakistan Busted: KP education dept demolishes PTI claims on social media! Pakistan Today The requested information was, after
all, part of the public domain, which is accessible to anyone through the Right to Information Act, 2013. Why the ... UK More than 30 troops across the Armed Forces are having medical
treatment to change their gender Daily Mail Thirty-four troops across the Armed
forces are undergoing medical treatment to reassign their gender, a Freedom of Information request has
revealed. Tunisia Is Tunisia Rolling Back Freedom of Information? Global Voices Online In 2016, the constitutional right to
access information was reinforced by the parliament's adoption of a freedom of information law (Law n�22 of 24 ... USA How to Force Government Transparency, Even Under Trump ... generally as the Freedom of Information Act. And since 2010, MuckRock, a
Boston-based nonprofit, has been helping people to
file FOIA requests. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's Right to Information act ranks third place globally on the RTI Rating Colombo
Page Sri Lanka ranks at the third place in
the Global Right to Information Rating, which assess country's legal
framework according to 61 indicators. Mexico ... Pakistan Ombudsman directs Nadra to respond to RTI request The News International Federal ombudsman has termed Nadra's
refusal to entertain a right to information (RTI) request an intentional lack of
transparency and accountability. India RTI activist blows whistle, faces heat Times of India ... both state and central authorities, Right to Information (RTI) activist P Srinivas Rao, a
resident of Qutbullapur, is facing heat from the city police. Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and ministers were told wind not to
blame for South Australia ... The Sydney Morning Herald ... target ignored confidential public
service advice stating that it was not the cause,
according to emails obtaine India Air quality in Delhi remains poor Business Standard The report, based on information
obtained through online reports and Right to Information (RTI) applications from state
pollution control boards across ... Pakistan Seeking greater transparency, Senate committee approves Right to Information Bill Members of a Senate select committee
on Tuesday unanimously adopted a bill that seeks to codify citizens' right to information. During the meeting ... Pakistan Crossing tracks led to 1798 of 3202 train fatalities in Mumbai in 2016 Hindustan Times According to the statistics obtained
under a Right to Information application by activist Sameer
Jhaveri, 3,202 passengers died and 3,363 were injured ... Malawi Malawi president signs right to information law africanews Malawians are now empowered by law to
seek information from elected officials and public entities.
This comes after President Peter Mutharika signed ... Pakistan The News International In 2013, the Senate approved the Right to Information Act but it was allowed to lapse when
the PML-N government didn't introduce it in the National ... India RTI applications can now be filed online; depts. asked to upload
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the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, from 2014-2016 just over one
percent of all major crime ... Pakistan Right to information still a far cry for journalists in Pakistan The News International This correspondent has filed almost
one and a half dozen information requests using the right to Information law in last six months but except
one, not ... Pakistan Information law should exempt no entity: Senate panel ISLAMABAD: There was almost a
consensus on Wednesday among members of the Senate Select Committee on Right to Information (RTI) law that ... India For the dead, there isn't enough land to rest The Hindu ... of queries under the Right to Information (RTI) Act brought to light acute
shortage of land to bury or cremate the dead in different parts of the State. Sri Lanka Right to information act to come into force from 3rd of February Hiru News Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and
Media Gayantha Karunathilaka has issued the gazette notification,
bringing the right to information act in to ... Pakistan Right to information still a far cry for journalists in Pakistan The News
International ISLAMABAD: Non-provision of certified
information under the freedom of information law and government functionaries
avoidance to give version is ... Pakistan Senate body agrees on 10 clauses of Right to Information Bill 2016 The News International ISLAMABAD: The Senate's Select
Committee on Right to Information Bill 2016 on Wednesday agreed on 10
clauses of the bill after a thorough debate ... Pakistan Corruption, human rights violations 'liable to public scrutiny' The Express Tribune This was decided in a meeting of the
Senate Select Committee on the Right to Information Bill, 2016 which met with Farhatullah Babar in the chair on ... USA Law Professor Sues Trump for Alleged
Constitutional Violations Harvard Crimson On Thursday, the American Civil
Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act Request asking various government
agencies for information about ... India 'How many fake notes? Even RBI doesn't know, reveals RTI inquiry Business Standard ... number or value of fake currencies
detected since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, a Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed ... Sri Lanka RTI Act gazetted sans RTI Commissions' fees, appeals rules The Sunday Times Sri Lanka The Ministry of Mass Media responsible
for the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act this week gazetted the law to become
operational ... India The Central Information Commission —
constituted by the Right to Information Act, 2005, and headed by one more
royalist than the king, Wajahat ... India HC stays CIC order asking govt, Tihar to compensate convict The Hindu ... under the Right to Information Act — regarding the system of
compensating inmates who have been incarcerated beyond their period of
sentence. India BMC yet to recover Rs 12 lakh from 5 disqualified corporators Business Standard A Right To Information query has revealed that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not
recovered the dues of Rs 12 lakh from five out of ... India No Right to Information on Note Ban: RBI Evades RTI Queries The
Quint The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
been denying information in response to most RTI applications that sought information on various issues related ... Pakistan Commission wants all laws congruent with info right While allowing the petition, the
commission has maintained that the right to information has become a fundamental right of
each citizen of Pakistan ... Bahamas Editorial: Four Key Points For True Freedom Of Information Bahamas
Tribune #FIVE YEARS after we were promised
that legislation would be enacted giving the Bahamian people the right to information about how our money ... Pakistan Senate body approved “Right to information bill 2016” International News Network ISLAMABAD: Intelligence agencies will
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obtained under the provincial Right to Information Act, of the major
crimes in which cases were registered, the involvement of ... Pakistan KP right to information website defaced by 'Indian' hackers The Express Tribune PESHAWAR: The web portal of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information
(RTI) Commission was allegedly hacked on Tuesday by Indian hackers. Pakistan CM Secretariat: PTI leader seeks details of additional budget The Express Tribune ... the
CM's principal secretary for access to information within the time period
specified in the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act
2013. India Modi degree row: Delhi University asked to allow inquiry into records of 1978 batch of BA students Scroll.in The commission dismissed DU
Central Public Information Officer Meenakshi Sahay's denial of a Right to Information query on
the grounds that the ... UK BBC splashed more than £110000 on wine, beer and spirits in three years Daily Mail The BBC has spent more than
£100,000 in three years on alcohol including spirits, beer and cider and
sparkling wine. A Freedom of Information act ... Pakistan Departmental differences: RTI commission weighed down by undefined rules (National) The Express Tribune PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Commission
is unable to notify its rules and finalise
amendments proposed in the ... India 5 arrested for Right to Information Act activist's murder in Sonipat Times of India CHANDIGARH: A 38-year-old
RTI activist of Gamdi village in Haryana's Sonipat district had to pay with his life for seeking
information about the work ... Pakistan Inquiry needed into what happened to inquiry commissions The News International ... of a judicial commission
in the event of a tragic incident has become a fashion, official responses
received through the Right to Information (RTI) law ... India Man drives car for 10 years sans RTO registration Times of India For the last two years, a
vegetable vendor from Chinchwad has been asking for
his regional transport office (RTO) papers for a car that he had ... India CRPF denies RTI query on pellet guns, says there were no human rights violations Hindustan Times In a Right to Information
(RTI) query to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), activist Venkatesh Nayak had asked for
the Standard Operating ... India Family members use RTI Act to blackmail woman Times of India Aurangabad: The city police
have booked four persons, including one woman, for allegedly using documents
obtained through Right to Information ... UK Hundreds of British soldiers busted for taking drugs including cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy in ... The Sun The overall 30 per cent rise
in drug-taking in the forces is revealed in official figures obtained under freedom
of information laws. Pakistan KP prosecution data gives lie to claims against Afghan refugees Documents retrieved through
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information
Act, 2013 provide startling details of crime statistics involving
Afghan ... Bangladesh Investigative journalism and the RTI Act The Daily Star The story unveiled a
national scandal. Such is the power of the Right to Information
(RTI) Act, as it is known in this country. Through RTI, citizens
today ... Pakistan Electronic RTI application system a failure PESHAWAR: Lack of interest
on part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information
Commission and public information officers in the working of the ... India RTI aids woman's quest for justice in decade-long dispute The Hindu But for her unrelenting
pursuit and effective use of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, V. Santha of Pudukottai district
would not. have been able to ... India RBI refuses to answer questions on 'demonetisation' citing threat to life: Report India TV ... it had asked the RBI 14
questions on 'demonetisation' between December 8,
2016 and January 2, 2017 under 'Right to Information' and the
central ... UK US man pays tax bill using five wheelbarrows of coins BBC News He filed a Freedom of
Information request to be given a direct number, The Bristol Herald
Courier reported, and was eventually given a number he ... India Is Jana Gana Mana our national anthem? PMO gives no info in RTI Hindustan Times The CIC stated that the
PMO's response of not giving information was not proper and legal, and it
breached the right to information of people. Australia Currently 150 murderers and sex offenders living in community in Queensland Courier Mail ... unacceptable risk of
further offences, testing positive to drugs or leaving Queensland, according
to India 5012 trees will make way for Metro-3 project in Mumbai Hindustan Times The information was made
public by MMRCL after they responded to a right to information
(RTI) application on Wednesday, filed by Khar
resident Zoru ... UK Retired British expats 'outstrip European pensioners using NHS' BBC News The figures were obtained
after a BBC Freedom of Information request. Citizens of the EEA - EU
states and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein - can ... UK Foreign Office accused of breaking ministerial code over Saudi weapons assurances The Guardian It is only the second time
that the information commissioner has felt forced to issue this kind of
instruction under the Freedom of Information Act. UK Health tourism warning as NHS chases £350000 bill from Nigerian woman who gave birth in a ... ... according
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Australia Minister Kate Jones 'misled house' over audit The Australian In response, Ms Jones said
departmental audit reports were released to the ABC �under the Right to
Information legislation�. The Australian ... Indonesia Indonesia's forestry ministry takes Greenpeace to court over freedom of information request In October, Indonesia's freedom
of information commission ruled in favor of a case brought by Greenpeace,
asking the forestry ministry to publish a ... Pakistan State Life directed to provide info under Freedom of Information Ordinance The News International The agency is, therefore,
required to provide the requested information to the complainant under the
provision of Freedom of Information Ordinance, ... UK Careless House of Lords' peers and staff lose over �10000 of taxpayer-bought iPads, laptops and ... The Sun The figures were revealed to
The Sun after we ued the Freedom of Information Act to ask what items
had been reported stolen or lost using the ... India Here's How Much It Costs The RBI To Print New 500 And 2000 Rupee Notes NDTV BRBNMPL, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India or RBI, said in its reply to an Right
to Information (RTI) query that it charges the ... Canada A Canadian Province Is Refusing to Release Pipeline Safety Reports Motherboard �Upon conclusion of the
investigation, freedom of information requests for information
involved in the investigation will be considered according to the ... Canada Ontario environment ministry deliberately falsified dates on FOI requests Toronto Star ... staff at the Ministry of
the Environment and Climate Change altered dates on freedom of information
requests to improve their compliance statistics. Pakistan Defence ministry refuses to share info under RTI law The News International In this connection, it is
informed that the information asked by him cannot be provided under Section-8
of the Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002, ... UK British embassy questioned whether Malaysian PM cleared of corruption The Guardian The British cable was
released under a freedom of information request made by the Guardian
but was heavily redacted to include mostly factual ... Pakistan Question mark over KP govt's multi-billion rupee ad contract Dawn, it may be mentioned,
filed two requests with the department of information, government of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, under the Right to Information ... India Row in Uttarakhand over break for namaz The Hindu Also, in response to a Right
to Information (RTI) application filed in 2010, a copy of which is with
The Hindu, the Central government stated that the ... India Activist approaches rights body with toothache Times of India Surat: A right to
information (RTI) activist suffering from toothache was compelled to
approach the Gujarat State Human Rights Commission (GSHRC) ... UK The Ministry of Defence lost 759 laptops in 18 months - and they're not alone Maurice Frankel, director of
the Campaign for Freedom of Information, said: "They are
stretching credibility to well beyond its snapping point with some ... Pakistan KP Assembly spent over Rs5.3m on entertainment last fiscal The News International The information, received in
response to a request under the Section 7 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right
to Information Act 2013, shows that over the ... Pakistan PTI quizzes Punjab about 1000-plus POs on the loose The Express Tribune Abbas has sought information
on the POs under the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act
2013. The report, jointly compiled by the ... Pakistan The News International While the Right to
Information passed in 2014 by the Senate Standing Committee on
Information had been applauded by international and local ... UK Councils have handed out �12million to fix cars damaged by potholes since 2012 and pay ... The Sun The massive payouts were
revealed by hundreds of Freedom of Information requests to individual
councils since 2012. Critics demanded more be ... Pakistan Right to know faces another blow in 2016 The News International ISLAMABAD: Another year
passes without witnessing the passage of the Right to Information
(RTI) legislation. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ... India Man uses RTI to prove his wife is employed Times of India He has urged to provide him
the information he has sought under the Right to Information
(RTI). The information, he said, if given, would be of extreme ... Pakistan RDA directed to provide details about Metro Bus Project The News International The Transparency and Right
to Information Act 2013 says "The public information officer is to
respond to the request within 14 working days, and if the ... India Indore: Man thrashed for seeking info on monks with beacon, hooter mounted vehicles Hindustan Times On December 8, he had filed
a Right To Information (RTI) query seeking information on how many
monks belonging to different faiths, were allotted ... India Official caught paying bribe to RTI activist | Bengaluru NYOOOZ NYOOOZ Summary: On Friday, a
government official was caught paying a bribe to an Right to
Information (RTI) activist to not dig into a particular case. India In a first, PIO directed to reply to RTI on information commissioner Times of India ... judicial officer and
FAA, the order directed the quasi-judicial institution's PIO T Thilaka to
provide information to city-based Right To Information (RTI) ... India RTI activist murder: 'Case remains unsolved despite arrest of two former cops' The Indian Express Based on the documents
obtained under Right to Information (RTI) Act, activist Satish Shetty
had filed a complaint of cheating and forgery against IRB ... Pakistan Cataloguing development in KP: CM's aide unveils six-month performance report\ The Express Tribune Similarly, the Right to
Information has received 8,092 complaints out of which the government has
taken action on 5,279 applications while 594 are ... Pakistan Public participation in budget making urged The News International PESHAWAR: Speakers at a
seminar on the right to information have said public participation in
budget making process and transparency in the ... UK Serious mistakes in NHS patient care are on the rise, figures reveal The Guardian Figures obtained under the Freedom
of Information Act show that the number of surgical incidents more than
doubled between 2013-14 and 2015-16. India India's transparency regime? 1.88 lakh cases pending before 16 state information commissions, no ... COUNTERVIEW A fresh study on the
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of freedom of information (FOI) laws in Pakistan, has not only given
citizens qualified right of access to information held by ... India 14474 cases of HIV through blood transfusion, but the government denies crisis Scroll.in An IndiaSpend
investigation, through a series of Right to Information requests, has
revealed that 14,474 cases of HIV through blood transfusion have ... UK Underage sexting investigations rise in number as new findings show children as young as six are ... Daily Mail In a span of a year - from
April 2015 to April 2016 - 2,287 crimes of children possessing, making or distributing
indecent images were recorded, ... India Tamil Nadu universities ignore disabled while hiring Times of India Its response to a petition
filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005, claimed that three
candidates had been recruited under the physically disabled ... India Pellets and denial of information under RTI Act Kashmir Life I had sought information
under The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) about the quantum
and price of sale of pellet guns and cartridges as well ... Pakistan PTI to further squeeze CM Shahbaz Pakistan Today ... Constitution of Pakistan
and the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013, she
should be provided with certified information regarding ... Pakistan Such attacks are not
confined to giving sweeping powers to gag agencies under various regulations
and attempts to render the Right to Information ... India No sign of 44 convicts who jumped parole from Ludhiana jails between 2011 and 2016: RTI Hindustan Times A right to information
(RTI) application has revealed that the police are shying to take stern
action against the culprits who have absconded after ... USA Editorial - Virginia makes minor progress on freedom of information After three years, a state
advisory council has come up with four tweaks to the state's Freedom of
Information Act. One of them: Virginia no longer can ... Australia Queensland ministers held secret talks on selling off power station The Australian The secret negotiations were
revealed after a Right to Information request by The Australian, which
was blocked by Treasury department officials. India RWAs join hands to curb commercial activities in residential areas Bangalore Mirror The details of these
establishments were obtained under the Right to Information Act, and
have been submitted to the BBMP chief and head of the ... Pakistan PTI questions Punjab govt's plan to procure jet for CM The letter said the
information was being sought under the Punjab Transparency and Right to
Information Act 2013. It pointed out a tender notice had ... Philippines 277 requests made in FOI website Manila Bulletin As many as 277 requests have
been made as of Sunday, December 11, through the country's freedom of
information (FOI) website, which is part of the ... UK Transport for London refuses to publish data about speeding trams Croydon Advertiser The authority, which manages
the tram network in Croydon, has said in reply to a Freedom of Information
(FOI) request that it will not publish the ... USA Execution costs spike in Virginia; state pays pharmacy $66K WDBJ7 ... receipts
provided to The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act
request after the pharmacy's identifying information was redacted. India Around 3000 RTI cases pending with SIC Chandigarh Tribune It seems that filing an
application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has turned
meaningless as a number of cases are lying pending with the ... India Six doctors found working full-time in more than one college, suspended The Indian Express A Right to Information
(RTI) query filed by The Indian Express at MMC revealed that since 2012, 18
doctors have been suspended for being posted as ... Pakistan Most treasury members part of KP's power structure The information secured by
Dawn from the provincial administration department under the KP Right to
Information Act 2013 shows that 47 of the 77 ... India GSIC slaps Rs 25000 fine on Sancoale PIO Times of India ... pay
a penalty of 25,000 for not responding to Narayan D
Naik's request for information which he had sought
under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. India Mumbai's Bhabha hospital wasted 350 litres of blood in 5 years: RTI Hindustan Times ... has
resulted in wastage of 350 liters of blood in the last five years, revealed
the reply to an application filed under Right To Information (RTI)
Act. Pakistan Orange Line agreement terms can't be shared: commission ... transactions and must
not agree to terms, which are in conflict with the Constitution or the Punjab
Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013. Pakistan Govt takes steps to stop leakage of classified information Geo News, Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Instead of
tabling Right to Information Bill in the parliament which was approved
by the Senate Committee on Information and ... India Hyderabad: Man creates fake home ministry order, dashes RTI query to governor Mumbai Mirror When no response came from
the governor's office, Raghuvamsi dashed off a Right
to Information Act query asking as to why the recommendations ... Australia Australia Post refusing to publish managing director's salary The Sydney Morning Herald Australia Post refuses to
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move, the joint opposition has decided to introduce its own drafted Right
to Information (RTI) bill as a private piece of ... Pakistan Legal hurdle? Punjab information act challenged The Express Tribune ... and
Transparency Act (PITA) has been challenged before the Lahore High Court on
claims that the law itself is a hurdle in right to information. India CIC orders disclosing Machil, Pathribal Court Martial findings Kashmir Life It has rejected the idea of
invoking Section 8(1)(h) to deny the same
information as was demand by Venkatesh Nayak under Right to Information Act. Pakistan RTI Commission summons HED official as inquiry issue drags on The News International PESHAWAR: The Right to
Information Commission Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has summoned a senior official
in the Higher Education Department on ... Israel The receipts the Prime Minister's Office won't show JerusalemOnline The Prime Minister's Office
declined the request from the Movement for Freedom of Information
to publish the receipts detailing the expenses of the ... UK times the amount of ISIS fighters in Iraq than in Syria The Sun Figures obtained by The Sun
with Freedom of Information requests reveal there have been only 30
RAF attacks in total on Syrian soil since MPs gave ... Pakistan The Nation DERA GHAZI kHAN-The Punjab information commissioner has taken note
of the complaint filed by a citizen over violation of the right to
information. UK Report blames secrecy of information for corruption in security agencies Guardian It added that the freedom
of information's compliance rankings carried out in 2014-2015 showed that
the security agencies were the least likely to ... India Arvind Kejriwal taunts BJP after their U-turn in Supreme Court Financial Express ... Arvind
Kejriwal, in a fresh attack to the new policy, said
that the government should bring all political parties under the Right to
Information act. UK West Midlands
Police investigate three rape cases linked to Tinder dating app Birmingham
Mail Of the
three West Midlands rape investigations linked to Tinder, one alleged victim
could not be traced, according to the Freedom of Information ... India Gujarat High Court to decide if judge's personal details are subject to RTI Bar & Bench ... answering
a pertinent question: to what extent does a sitting High Court judge's
personal details fall under the ambit of the Right to Information Act? Pakistan Activists call for unity within ranks as security concerns rise The News International The other crucial problems
identified by the activists, were the grave violations of right to
information and freedom of association in Balochistan; on top ... Ireland Visa requests from Yemen, Eritrea and Iraq most likely to fail Irish Times The data was obtained by The
Irish Times under Freedom of Information legislation. The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, which
operates ... Malta GWU will earn €8.5m from government jobless scheme Times of Malta The government has now
provided the contract following a request submitted under the freedom of
information law. The trade union was selected ... Australia ASIC forced to explain why it refuses prospectuses The Australian Following a two-year freedom
of information battle by The Australian, Information Commissioner Timothy
Pilgrim on Friday ordered ASIC to hand over ... Mumbai: NCP students' wing wants varsity to take action against errant canteens Free Press Journal He added that the university
has not floated a tender every year for canteens in its campuses, as per RTI
(Right to Information) replies he has received. India Over 2000 seats vacant in medical schools as infra, cost keep students away Hindustan Times A reply from the Medical
Council of India (MCI) to an HT application filed under the Right to Information
Act revealed that just 56,748 seats of the total ... Pakistan Generals, judges, journalists must also be held accountable Pakistan Today But, it is possible only
through right to information (RTI) legislation, but the RTI law,
despite having been endorsed by Senate Committee on ... India Bureaucrats tour world, but no accountability The Asian Age ... revealed
information received by The Asian Age under the Right to Information
Act. As per the Maharashtra government's circular dated November ... Pakistan 'RTI bill to be presented in next NA session' ISLAMABAD: Minister of State
for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb on Wednesday said that the Right
to Information (RTI) bill will be ... UK UK immigration centres record 218 hunger strikers in three months The Guardian According to figures
released following a Freedom of Information request, 218 people
refused to eat in July, August and September this year. Ireland More than 50000 adoptees to get right to birth certificates Irish Times Illegal adoptions pose
complications in searches for birth parents · Adopted people to gain right
to information on birth parents · Right to access birth ... India RTI activists write to Modi against CIC's coffee table book The Hindu Pune: City-based Right to
Information (RTI) activists have condemned the launch of a coffee table
book on 'successful RTI stories' by the Central ... Israel Prime Minister's Residence's 2015 expenses the lowest in 7 years Israel Hayom In response to the Movement
for Freedom of Information's request, the Prime Minister's Office said
that "the costs of operating the Prime Minister's ... USA Wrongfully Imprisoned in Gitmo for Years, This Man Finally Won His Freedom Huffington Post According to what had been
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Information Sardar Raza
Mohammad Barech has said a new draft of the Right
to Information Law in Balochistan was being ... Pakistan Balochistan Government Pledges to Table RTI Bill in Assembly in 2 Months Quetta: Balochistan government
pledged to table the Right to Information (RTI) bill in assembly
within 2 months. This announcement was made by ... India High impunity and massive backlog choking RTI: Study The Hindu A new study on the performance
of the adjudicators of the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed
that information commissions (ICs) imposed the ... India New notes to cost RBI more than Rs. 12000 crore The Hindu Data from a Right to
Information answer by the RBI in 2012 shows that it costs Rs. 2.50 to
print each Rs. 500 denomination note, and Rs. 3.17 to print a ... USA Public records and an amusing definition of 'free' (Opinion) Charging for 'open records' makes a mockery of the term 'freedom of information.'" He encouraged fines and firings of employees. Let me reply to ... India Sports Ministry wants BCCI to be brought under RTI Economic Times This is not the first time
that the government has tried to get the board under right to
information (RTI). In December 2011, then sports minister Ajay ... Pakistan The Need to Repeal Balochistan Freedom of Information Act 2005 Why is effective right to
information law important for good governance? It is so because it
enables citizens Pakistan Non-implementation of LHC order: FBR chief issued notice in contempt plea Business Recorder ... of Revenue (FBR) in a
contempt of court petition filed by a tax lawyer following violation of Right
to India PROs posted in all police stations in state The New Indian Express They also give the copies of
FIR and ensure that the public avail the benefits of Right to Information
and Right to Service Acts. They should also work ... USA How many racing dogs failed drug tests? In Texas, that's confidential Kelley Shannon, executive
director of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, said in
recent years her organization has observed a steady ... India Waiting period at RTI commissions ranges between two months and 30 years Economic Times NEW DELHI: If you file a Right
to Information (RTI) appeal before Assam Information Commission today,
you will have to wait for 30 years to get heard. Pakistan Right to Information Law not at odds with national security: CRTI The Nation islamabad - The Right to Information Law is not at odds
with the national security of the country and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
is ... Pakistan Right to information: Irrigation engineer fined for withholding details The Express Tribune LAHORE: The Punjab
Information Commission has fined and ordered disciplinary action against a
superintendent engineer of the irrigation ... India Finally, J&K SIC becomes completely defunct; Govt still in deep slumber Daily Excelsior Today was his last working
day as per the provisions of J&K Right to Information Act and with
this the State Information Commission has completely ... India Book Review: RTI Act – Authentic Interpretation Of The Statute by Shailesh Gandhi & Pralhad Kacheri Live Law Just one miniscule part of
right to know, i.e., right to information, truncated in myriad forms
of expression UK Powers of attorney rocket as dementia becomes Britain's biggest killer Information released under a
Freedom of Information request show that in 2015, 441,500 power of
attorney arrangements were set-up, compared to ... India Sexual assault cases up 280% since 2012 Mumbai Mirror The report compiled by Praja Foundation using data gathered under the Right
to Information (RTI) act India RTI info exposes plot-allotment scam Chandigarh Tribune Information provided by the
GLADA authorities under the Right to Information Act revealed that 60
applications for allotment of plots under various ... USA NYPD Keeps Mayor's Helicopter Use a Secret and it 'Makes No Sense:' Experts DNAinfo Brushing aside a Freedom
of Information request by DNAinfo New York, the
NYPD's Legal Bureau claimed its FOIL Unit was “unable to locate ... UK Child trafficking victims disappearing from UK care at 'alarming' rate The Guardian The new data, drawn largely
from freedom of information requests to 217 local authorities across
the UK, shows that Thurrock, Hillingdon,
Croydon, ... India University got 278 fake degrees to ratify so far this year: RTI Times of India Mumbai: The University of
Mumbai finds close to 300 fake degrees every year from among the ones that
are sent to it for verification by employers. Sri Lanka President yet to ratify two RTI Commission nominees The Sunday Times Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is yet to
ratify appointments for the remaining two posts of commissioners on the Right
to Information (RTI) Commission, ... UK Just one person fined in UK for smoking with under-18 in car The Guardian The research was based on Freedom
of Information (FOI) requests to 42 police forces in England and Wales.
Only Northumbria police gave a figure ... UK A third of police forces use anti-spitting hoods on suspects Figures released under the Freedom
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to Information (RTI) activist Bhupendra Veera, who launched multiple
campaigns against illegal land dealings and ... UK Home Office reveals 3 ILLEGAL immigrants get caught every hour entering Britain Data released under Freedom
of Information guidelines provides a snapshot of the crisis under Labour
and the Tory/Lib Dem Coalition. On average ... UK Thousands of
drivers and passengers are still being caught not wearing seatbelts Coventry
Telegraph The
figures, which came from a Freedom of Information request, also showed
the number of motorists who failed to ensure children were buckled up
in ... India Constitution Club pays rent of Rs. 100, earns Rs. 2 crore a year The Hindu ... and Sridhar
Acharyulu declared that the club, a stone's throw from Parliament House, was
a “public authority” under the Right to Information Act. India Withdraw police protection of defaulters: HC to State Hindustan Times Punamiya said he got
figures under the Right to Information Act. According to the replies
he got, Rs23.76 lakh is outstanding against builders, Rs37.52 ... Ireland Just 7% of FoI requests to An Garda Síochána granted Irish Examiner Just 7% of Freedom
of Information requests made to An Garda Síochána were granted in the
first 14 months after the 2014 FOI Act was extended to ... Pakistan 'Public access to information vital' The News International NOWSHERA: Chief
Commissioner Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Commission Azmat
Hanif Orakzai on Thursday said that public access to ... China China Lags Behind in Rule-of-Law Ranking Wall Street Journal
(blog) One area where China
seemed to progress was in protecting the right to information,
moving up Pakistan Senate likely to reject RTI draft law The News International ISLAMABAD: The
ineffective Right to Information draft law approved by the federal
cabinet after its one-and-a-half dozen meetings since January 2014 ... Philippines Manila Bulletin ... the proposed
Freedom of Information (FOI) law (Senate Bill 159) which aims to give flesh
to the citizens' constitutional right to information on
matters ... India Death toll of RTI activists goes up to 56 Times of India National Campaign for
People's Right to Information (NCPRI) has demanded an inqu iry in to
the murder of Vira. In a letter written to Maharashtra CM ... Pakistan The News International Ironically, the federal
government has modelled this bill on the Freedom of Information
Ordinance 2002 which it is already trying to repeal due to its ... Pakistan Federal govt's RTI draft law termed weakest in South Asia The News International ISLAMABAD: Tall claims
apart, the PML-N government has decided not to walk the talk on the
much-awaited Right to Information draft law recently ... Pakistan CPNE shares reservations on Right to Info Bill Daily Times The Right to
Information Bill was discussed and the reservations of the editors were
conveyed to Principal Information Officer Rao Tahseen Ali Khan ... India High Court: Army can't deny candidates answersheets Times of India ... held that Army
cannot deprive job aspirants of copies of their written exam answersheet and
the merit list under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. USA Exclusive: WHO cancer agency asked experts to withhold weedkiller document... Reuters Multiple subsequent freedom
of information requests by the U.S. conservative advocacy group the
Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E and E ... Pakistan After imposing on the
people a terrible tool of oppression in the form of the cybercrime act, the
authorities have decided to make the right to information ... UK Clowns, aliens
and ghosts: The five weirdest information requests made to West Midlands
Police Birmingham
Mail West
Midlands Police have released details of some of their more extraordinary Freedom
of Information requests - and some of them make for ... Pakistan The Right of Access to
Information (RAI) and the Right to Information (RTI) bills, approved
by the federal cabinet and Senate respectively, provide ... Pakistan 1100 deaths reported in ATH in four months The News International BoG Chairman Javed
Panni has already challenged the action of Right to Information
(RTI) Commission over the request of a senior journalist in the ... Bangladesh Evolving dimensions of the RTI Act, 2009 Dhaka Tribune The evolving dynamics
within the New World Economic Order prompted the unelected government of
Bangladesh to adopt Right to Information as a ... India Businessinsider India While the exact figure spent
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Ireland Judges criticial of plan to alter eligibility for expenses Irish Times Documents released by the
department, under the Freedom of Information Acts, show judges
strongly opposed a plan last year to only permit an ... India CIC flays I-T 'informer' for using RTI to earn money Business Standard The Central Information
Commission (CIC) has admonished a Right to Information (RTI)
applicant who was allegedly se India Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis declares Nagpur first digital district of India The Indian Express The state has added 169 new
online services under the Right to Information Act, taking the total
number of services to 369. Through Aaple Sarkar ... Pakistan Right to Information Commission gets new head PESHAWAR: The Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa government has appointed Azmat Hanif Orkazai as the Chief
Information Commissioner (CIC) to the Khyber ... Sri Lanka * President appoints Right to Information Commission Colombo Page Sept 30, Colombo: President Maithripala Sirisena today
appointed the Right to Information (RTI) Commission of Sri
Lanka upon the recommendation ... UK BBC bosses spend thousands on taxis on top of £1million company car perks The Sun But a Freedom of
Information request reveals the 216 staff are
also allowed to claim expenses for a string of extra motoring costs. Last
year they blew ... UK 'Britain's secret scandal': CHILDREN of alcoholics at RISK due to budget cuts The All Party Parliamentary
Group on Children of Alcoholics released the data, gathered through Freedom
of Information requests, as part of its ... UK Police and civilian staff with mental ill health take almost 200000 sick days Daily Mail The figures, released by
Police Scotland to the Liberal Democrats under Freedom of Information
laws, show police officers struggling with mental ill ... Pakistan Ministry makes mockery of RTI law The News International When Zahid Abdullah of the
Coalition of Right to Information moved the FO against the Law
Ministry for denying the information about the funds spent ... India Assets of officials' spouse cannot be disclosed under RTI: CIC The Indian Express Demanding asset details of
spouse and dependents of government officials under the Right to
Information Act is “unreasonable and illegal”, the ... India CIC rejects RTI appeal of Income Tax 'informer' regarding assets of 100 IT officers Moneylife Rakesh Kumar Gupta, who
claimed to be an informer to the Income Tax department (I-T Dept), filed an
application under the Right to Information (RTI) ... India 1.75 crore RTI applications filed since 2005: Study Economic Times The first decadal study
conducted after Right to Information (RTI) Act implemented in October
2005 has revealed that over 1.75 crore applications have ... Sri Lanka Government called on to fully constitute RTI commission Colombo Gazette RTI The Right to
Information Commission arguably the most important component in the
framework set up by the RTI Act is yet to be fully constituted ... Sri Lanka * Sri Lankan government to set up a special office to implement RTI Act Colombo Page Oct 06, Colombo: The
government is to establish a special office to disseminate information on the
Right to Information Act (RTIA) in Battaramulla, ... Pakistan Orange Line Metro: Will the Supreme Court save Lahore's heritage? They filed Right to
Information requests and petitions. One of the primary issues brought to
court was the legitimacy of the No Objection Certificates ... India RTI info hints at scam in mobile tower installation Chandigarh Tribune ... fee
charges from PIO, Municipal Council, Khanna, under the Right to Information
Act (RTI), indicates a high-level mobile tower scam in the city. Australia Need to know? Powerhouse Museum accused of thwarting transparency laws as Labor seeks ... The Sydney Morning Herald The Powerhouse Museum has
been accused of trying to circumvent freedom of information
laws by charging exorbitant fees. Labor's Arts spokesman ... India Right to information: What 11 years of the RTI Act of 2005 have done for India Firstpost It was on this day 11 years
back that one of the most important laws in India fully came into force. The Right
to Information Act, 2005 has helped ... India Prime Minister is always on duty, PMO replies to RTI query Chandigarh Tribune The Prime Minister can be
said to be on duty all the time,” the Right to Information (RTI)
response from the France France covers source code with freedom of information laws Inquirer ZUT E-LAWS! The French
government has added source code to the list of things covered under freedom
of Canada Nova Scotia's Freedom of Information laws are dangerously toothless The Coast Halifax Changes need to be made to
Nova Scotia's Freedom of Information Act. That's the call being made
by critics after premier Stephen McNeil's admission ... Ghana re determined to pass RTI Bill into law – Bagbin GhanaWeb Majority Leader, Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has
assured that the Legislature is more determined to pass the Right To
Information (RTI) Bill ... India BSc student goes Right To Information way to get answer sheet copies Times of India NAGPUR: Fearing that his
application would go unheeded like that of many other students, Bachelor of
Science (BSc) student Harshal
Mehta of VMV ... India Unclog the RTI process by making basic information public Hindustan Times The first decadal study
conducted after the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed that
over 1.75 crore India Exclusive: India bad loans mountain grows, risks delaying bank clean-up Reuters The latest data obtained by
Reuters through a right-to-information request showed stressed loans
rose to 9.22 trillion rupees ($138.5 billion) as at ... India Vexed by 'frivolous' RTI pleas, PMO issues advisory The Hindu Annoyed with the non-stop
flow of applications under the Right to Information Act (RTI), most of
them flippant, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has ... India Now SIC will also be defunct ? Daily Excelsior It is more than 7 years now
we have Jammu& Kashmir Right to Information Act (J&K RTI Act
2009) in place in our state. It was on March 20th 2009 ... India From Kejriwal's 'Social Behaviour' To Modi's Suits. What India Wants To Know Through RTIs ScoopWhoop According to a recent
report, an approximate 4800 Right to Information applications are
filed in India everyday. This act, which was passed
by ... UK Dozens of servicemen booted out for being too fat to fight - including 28st man The Sun Our findings – admitted by
The MoD after a Freedom of Information
request – also show that hundreds of military personnel are classified as
obese ... UK Hundreds of Met Police officers left injured in defensive training in just 12 months The severity of the injuries
were not disclosed in the Freedom of Information request revealed,
although bosses at the Met said the 15 most serious ... Pakistan Right to information: Of all rest houses in Punjab, not one for CM The Express Tribune The stopovers include
facilities of restaurants, kitchens, barbeque areas as well as parking spots.
Some of these resorts have party halls, play area for ... India HC dismisses plea to record court proceedings, again The Hindu The petition said since Right
To Information has been recognised as an
integral part of the right to life, India How Gujarat govt refused to make public inquiry commission report on corruption Times of India (blog) No doubt, I thought, things
would have become easier for those who took the Right to `Information
(RTI) route. But I rarely used it. However, my recent ... Bangladesh "Right to know", not "need to know" The Daily Star The overwhelming majority of
Right to Information (RTI) laws around the world were enacted in the
last quarter of a century, following the end of the ... India Modi Government Spent Over Rs. 36 Crore On Publicity To Mark 2 Years NDTV This information was
revealed in response to an Right to Information
(RTI) query by IANS. The amount for the six-hour event in Delhi was spent
on ... India Pay Rs 20000 for soft copy: MMRDA The Asian Age This was revealed in a reply
to a Right To Information query filed by The Asian Age. However, RTI
activists have slammed the MMRDA and said that a ... Mexico The country with the world's best transparency law has a terrible record on transparency Quartz Censored or not, the Memory
and Truth project exposes the limits of Mexico's freedom-of-information
apparatus. Originally, the archive was supposed ... Pakistan Sindh's proposed Right to Information: A law in the right direction The Express Tribune Soon after the elections,
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Punjab led the way by passing internationally
acclaimed Right to Information (RTI) laws and ... India ormer CIC Shailesh Gandhi authors e-book on RTI Business Standard Former Central Information
Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has authored an e-book
in order to lend a better interpretation of the Right To Information ... India RTI for blackmail: HC chides 2 lawyers Times of India MADURAI: The Madurai bench
of the Madras high court has chided two advocates for misusing the Right
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India When Punjab govt bypassed CLP leader in picking 7 RTS panel commissioners Hindustan Times ... of two members of the
Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) and two information commissioners of the
Right to Information Commission. Philippines Senate to scrutinize FOI exceptions The Manila Times Senate Bill 159 or An Act
Implementing the People's Right to Information and the Constitutional
Policies of Full Public Disclosure and Honesty in the ... UK Does 'the right to be forgotten' ruling threaten our right to know? The Guardian But the right to be
forgotten (a right to privacy) clashes with another key right: the right to
know (plus freedom of speech, freedom of information and ... India No financial help to 4 lakh students from minority communities in 2015-16: RTI reply The Indian Express According to a response to a
Right to Information (RTI) plea by activist Razaullah Khan, the state
should have received 7,17,896 applications for ... India 2000 govt organisations to accept online RTI applications Deccan Chronicle New Delhi: Around 2,000
Central government organisations will soon be accepting applications under
the Right to Information (RTI) Act through ... India Official refuses RTI information 24 times, fined Rs 2.29 lakh Deccan Herald An official has been fined a
staggering Rs 2.29 lakh for failing to give information under the Right To
Information (RTI) Act in 24 separate instances. USA Resident: Commission should stop texting, emailing while meeting Florida
Today ...
therefore, the public has no way to know of communications or records which
should be available through a Freedom of Information Act request. India Mumbai Man Demands to Know if India is Prepared for Zombies, Alien Invasion Sputnik International Ajay Kumar claims that his
real motive in making a Right to Information Act request to assess
India's zombie and alien-fighting skills was to draw the ... India Bombay HC concerned over 17000 deaths due to malnutrition in Maharashtra The Indian Express One of the petitioners
showed the court a reply received through the Right to Information
(RTI) Act which said over 17,000 persons, including women ... UK UK nuclear weapons convoys 'have had 180 mishaps in 16 years' The Guardian The incidents catalogued in
the report – based on official logs released under the Freedom of
Information Act – include fuel leaks, overheated engines ... Consider making attendance details of Tamil Nadu assembly members public, info panel suggests Times of India ... information officer
(PIO) of the assembly had informed the TNSIC that these details could not be
disclosed in a Right to Information (RTI) petition as it ... Pakistan FIA ordered to provide details of enquiries to petitioner The News International This correspondent had filed
a request under Right to Information Act 2002 and sought year-wise
details of total number of enquiries and cases ... Pakistan Journalist, lawyer get RTI Champion Award 2016 Geo's Azaz Syed honoured The News International The CRTI in partnership with
the Center for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) honors
two individuals each year who exercise their right to ... India India fourth on Right to Information list Economic Times NEW DELHI: India has ranked
fourth in a worldwide comparative assessment of national legal frameworks for
right to information, slipping a rank as ... Bangladesh The Daily Star As we observe International Right
to Information Day, it is pleasing to know that 76,043 people have sought
information from different organisations ... Pakistan Right to Information Law was need of time: Chandio Pakistan Observer karachi —The Advisor to CM
Sindh for Information Moula Bux Chandio while addressing at a conference on
“Provincial Rights to Information Laws: ... Pakistan Right to Information and freedom of speech The Express Tribune The significance of correlation
between the right to information and freedom of expression in
protecting and promoting basic human rights can hardly ... Canada Nova Scotia changes Freedom Of Information, requests to be made online In the new year, citizens
and journalists will be able to make Freedom of Information and
Protection of Requests online, the province said in a news ... Northern Ireland Revealed: Which Northern Ireland bus lane camera raised £1m in fines in 15 months? Belfast Telegraph The figures were released by
the Department for Infrastructure after a Freedom of Information
request by the Belfast Telegraph. Bus lanes were ... USA Michigan House passes bills expanding state's Freedom of Information Act The Peninsula The Michigan State House of
Representatives passed House Bills 5469-5478 on Wednesday to expand and
strengthen the state's existing Freedom ... Pakistan Right to information law as necessary as right to Business Recorder (press
release) (registration) (blog) ISLAMABAD: Minister for
Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid said
on Monday right to information (RTI) law was ... Pakistan Journalist, lawyer get RTI Champion Award 2016 Geo's Azaz Syed honoured The News International ISLAMABAD: The Coalition of Right
to Information (CRTI) Monday conferred RTI Champion Award on Geo TV
correspondent Azaz Syed in recognition ... UK Father of soldier murdered in Iraq blasts Government for hounding troops but failing to find his ... After a request under the Freedom
of Information Act, Mr Miller obtained witness statements taken shortly
after the Red Caps were killed in June 2003. India Why I filed an RTI query about our government's preparedness for a zombie invasion Firstpost Which brings me to the
subject to the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI) and the RTI
request that I filed with the Ministry of Home Affairs in March last ... Australia Australian Tax Office claim FOI website Right to Know 'clutters the internet' The Sydney Morning Herald The Australian Tax Office
has escalated a row with a website that facilitates freedom of information
requests, claiming it "clutters the internet". UK Fertility treatment on NHS hit 12 year low as cash-strapped hospitals ration Daily Mail But figures obtained by the
charity from Freedom of Information requests show just 17 per cent
provide these cycles. This is the lowest number since ... USA Cost of Clinton-Obama Air Force One flight disclosed CNBC For every hour Air Force One
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RTI commissioner accused of closing incomplete case The Express Tribune HARIPUR: The K-P Right to
Information commissioner has allegedly closed a complaint without
listening to arguments and issuing the requested ... UK How paedophiles,
prostitutes, drug dealers and even a killer have all applied for jobs
teaching ... The Sun The horrifying statistics,
released under a Freedom of Information Request, show that those
angling to Pakistan Corrupt to be
protected, info seekers to be punished The News International ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government
has drafted Right to Information (RTI) law that will protect the
corrupt in order to save their “dignity” and penalise ... India Chief Information
Commission asks PMO to respond to RTI query on Modi's black money election
... Scroll.in The Central Information
Commission on Thursday asked the Prime Minister's Office to reply to a Right
to Information application that sought to know ... Australia Queensland police
access social justice advocate's personal file 1400 times ABC Online Queensland Council for Civil
Liberties advocate Renee Eaves, who does not have a criminal record,
submitted a Right to Information (RTI) request in ... India Information
Commissioner posts to be filled The Hindu Ever since the Right to
Information (RTI) Act became a potent instrument of change for civil
society, the posts of Information Commissioners have been ... India No signature of
Sheikh Abdullah on 'Instrument of Accession' Only Kashmir The information obtained by
social activist Advocate Irfan Hafeez Lone through Ministry of Home
Government of India, under Right to Information Act, ... Kenya President of Kenya
signs Access to Information Bill Citizen The campaign for enactment of a
legislative framework on freedom of information began in 2000 and
human rights organisations based in Kenya were ... UK Woman claims she was
raped by Uber driver on back seat after night out ... involving Uber that have
been recorded by GMP since 2015 and obtained by the Manchester Evening News
using Freedom of Information laws. Canada Toronto schools raise
less money than rest of region Toronto Star ... 10 English-language boards
in the Greater Toronto Area, according to 2012-13 data obtained by the Star
through a freedom of information request. Australia Waiting list for
public houses in Tasmania jumps 21 per cent, reveals Right to Information
figures The Mercury New Right to Information
figures, requested by the state Opposition, show the waiting list has grown
from 2882 in April last year to 3489 in August this ... India Central Information
Commission to provide real-time information on RTI appeals Economic Times NEW DELHI: Filing a complaint
or appeal under Right to Information (RTI) Act, you will now get real
time updates. The Central Information Commission ... Pakistan RTI Commission issues
show-cause notice to official The News International PESHAWAR: The Right to
Information (RTI) Commission has issued show-cause notice to a deputy
secretary who is public information officer in ... India Where's my promised
Rs15 lakh, RTI applicant asks PM domain-B The Central Information
Commission (CIC) has directed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to respond to
a Right to Information applicant who has asked ... India "Setback"
to Gujarat govt: Information commissioner orders release of report on death
of 3 ... COUNTERVIEW In a major setback to the
Gujarat government, the state information commission, official watchdog of
the right to information (RTI) Act, has ordered ... UK Shock as number of
attacks on women in their own homes is on the rise Released under a Freedom of
Information request, the Met Police said domestic abusers carried out 2,198
sex offences, including 1,640 rapes. UK Revenge porn: More
than 200 prosecuted under new law BBC News However, Freedom of
Information responses to the BBC from 31 of the 43 police forces in
England and Wales showed there had been 1,160 reported ... India 33 out of 44 posts of
teachers vacant at JJ School of Arts Moneylife According to information
procured by Anil Galgali under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, at
present almost 33 out of 44 posts of professors and ... India AAI incurred 86cr
loss at Gujarat airports in FY16 Times of India As per the information sought
under the Right to Information Act (RTI), AAI incurred a losses of Rs
86 crore while managing the airports in Gujarat ... India RTI application
forces former Cong MLC to withdraw medical claims worth Rs 1.9 lakh Bangalore Mirror The claims were withdrawn after
an application was made under the Right to Information (RTI)
Act seeking the doctor's prescriptions. RTI applicant ... India Info on efficacy of
anti-riot pellet gun refused under RTI Deccan Herald In its response to a Right
to Information Act application, the Ordnance Factory Board cited sections
8(1)(a) India Foreign students on
top among those facing cases of drug-peddling, theft, rash driving Chandigarh Tribune ... from the Jalandhar
Commissionerate regarding the involvement of foreigners and foreign students
in crime through the Right to Information (RTI) Act ... India Jan Dhan 1-rupee
trick: Opposition wants answers and an inquiry The Indian Express Using information obtained
under the Right to Information Act, The Indian Express spoke to nearly
60 savings bank account holders, who had opened ... India MMRDA seeks legal
advice to recover Rs 1577 crore from RIL Daily News & Analysis It was a Right to
Information (RTI) query by Anil Galgali has brought to light that MMRDA
is yet to receive Rs1632.23 crore as premium for its plots in ... Pakistan KP govt poised to
take lead in enacting whistleblower law The News International He said the bill would be
another milestone after enactment of the Right to Information
law. He said certain amendments were suggested and would ... UK Revealed: the worst
Tube stations for pickpocketing Evening Standard The statistics, obtained from
the Met under the Freedom of Information Act, show 215 pickpocketing
crimes at the station between the start of February ... UK Old photos of Donald
Trump, Bill Clinton appear to show chummy relationship Atlanta Journal Constitution The photos were released after
a Freedom of Information Act request from Politico. India Maharshtra
government: Public Information Officers can't answer RTIs seeking information
on them The Indian Express In a move to address the long
standing complaints of Right to Information (RTI) users, the state
government has issued a circular which has now ... Canada Ontario coalition
pushes for transparency on autism policies Toronto Star The three-page letter, dated
April 18, was obtained by the Star under freedom of information
legislation, along with other email correspondence ... USA News groups sue FBI
over hacking of killer's phone Boston
Herald ...
against potential improprieties,” states the suit, filed in U.S. District
Court for the District of Columbia under the U.S. Freedom of Information
Act. UK Foreign criminals
paid thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to leave Britain The Sun ... £1.1 million handed out in
the 2014/15 financial year. The figures were revealed following a Freedom
of Information request by The Sun on Sunday. India Private engineering
college a public authority, must give info, says KIC Deccan Herald ... private universities,
engineering and medical colleges, which have been refusing to furnish
information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. India 'Nasha bhajao, putt
bachao': After losing son to drugs, father turns crusader Hindustan Times ... from different hospitals
and drug de-addiction centres from parts of Punjab under the Right to
Information Act suggests that the problem is serious. India Banks told to probe
one-rupee deposits into zero-balance accounts: Govt The Indian Express Using information obtained
under the Right to Information Act, The Indian Express had spoken to
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after serious incidents and never events at Halton
and Warrington Hospitals ... Runcorn and Widnes World A Freedom of Information
request has revealed that three patients died after serious untoward
incidents and never events at Halton and
Warrington ... India Info panel slaps Rs1-lakh penalty... Chandigarh Tribune Taking a serious note of
non-compliance of the provisions of the Right to Information
Act, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), Punjab, SS ... India SC to decide if it comes under RTI Act Chandigarh Tribune ... Bench of the Supreme
Court will decide if the apex court is bound to disclose details of its
functioning under the Right to Information (RTI). Pakistan Practice of secrecy amid promise of transparency The News International The ruling party's manifesto
reads: “Right to information law based on international best practices
shall be Pakistan RTI Act to be extended to Malakand Daily Times PESHAWAR: The Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act is implanted in the province and
in near future it will be extended to the Malakand ... UK Journalists and police join forces to oppose corruption investigation secrecy The Guardian But this secrecy would also
require changes to the Right To Information Act around the
notification of decisions “including reasons [for] refusal of ... India 118 sexual harassment cases filed in BMC in 4 years, reveals RTI Hindustan Times ... Municipal Corporation
(BMC) officials have registered 118 cases of sexual harassment in its
offices, reveals a right to information (RTI) response. India Army canteens most profitable retail chain in India, ahead of Future & Reliance Retail Economic Times ... earned
Rs 236 crore during FY14-15, according to a Right
to Information query. Comparatively, Avenue Supermart,
which runs D'Mart stores, made ... UK Rights group
challenges FoI refusal in Libyan rendition case The Guardian The previous month Reprieve
submitted a request to the Cabinet Office under the Freedom of Information
Act asking whether any of its ministers or ... UK Revealed: Full scale
of domestic abuse in London as police deal with 76000 incidents in one year Evening Standard The data, released under the Freedom
of Information Act, did not include child victims unless they were also
an informant or witness, as offences ... Australia Sydney buses are far from space age ... buses have 756,000km or
more on their odometers — to the Moon and back — according to figures
released under the Freedom of Information Act. Ireland Discipline probes see 11 gardaà quit force Irish Examiner Details of the scale of
alleged serious breaches of discipline within the force were released under
the Freedom of Information Act. Documents reveal a ... Pakistan Draft law: Cabinet likely to review Right to Information bill The Express Tribune ISLAMABAD: The federal
cabinet is expected to take up the draft of the Right to Information
Bill, 2016, in its next meeting. But the information ministry is ... UK Daily Mail It's thought of as a world
of dead-letter drops, hidden cameras and cutting-edge gadgetry. But the truth
behind modern espionage may actually be ... India 'One KTC bus breaks down every second day' Times of India The data was made available
by Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) under information obtained right
to information (RTI). Kadamba
transport ... Cong promises KTC revamp after polls - Oherald India Sex ratio set to fall around 800 in U'khand: Study Chandigarh Tribune The utilisation
certificates (UCs) of the NDKY provided to the Asian Centre for Human Rights
by the authorities under the Right to Information Act (RTI) ... India PM to release success stories of RTI Act Press Trust of India New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release success stories of Right to
Information (RTI) Act, during a programme to be
held in ... UK Rejected
recyclable waste up 84% in England since 2011, data shows BBC
News A BBC Freedom
of Information request found councils were unable to recycle 338,000 tons
of waste in 2014-15 - up from about 184,000 tons in ... 340000 tons of recycling sent to landfill because of confusion about
rules -
Daily Mail USA Immigrant detainees in Georgia more likely to be deported than detainees elsewhere Southern Poverty Law Center This analysis is based on
data released by ICE through a Freedom of Information Act request for
FY 2015. It compares data from the Stewart and Irwin ... Sri Lanka Government to establish National Information Centre Ceylon Daily News ... and
accurate official information to the public is a key responsibility of the
government, reaffirmed by the recently adopted Right to Information
Act. USA The Pentagon's use of FOIA is flawed. Now it wants to make it even stricter. Washington Post A wide-ranging group of
government transparency advocates asked Congress on Wednesday to block new
changes to the Freedom of Information Act ... Tanzania Tanzania: Will Tanzania Get a 'State-of-the-Art' Information Law? Initially, a document dubbed
the "Freedom of Information Bill" was released by the
Directorate of Pakistan Govt will soon table 'Right to Information Bill' in NA: Pervaiz Radio Pakistan (press
release) Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid says the government would soon table Right
to Information Bill in the National Assembly. Speaking at a
ceremony ... India No records available on AgustaWestland deal: Defence Ministry, IAF The Indian Express Under the Right to
Information Act, an application was filed with the Defence Ministry
seeking complete records related to the deal, including price ... India BMC road scam: Police likely to arrest 30 more civic body officials Hindustan Times Right to Information (RTI) activist, Anil Galgali,
had complained to state lokayukta ML Tahilyani, about the delay in action against civic
officials. He also ... India 18 years on, Malawali village yet to get metalled road Chandigarh Tribune A resident of the village Kuljeet Singh Malawali, who
managed to get information through right to information, said, “The
road was last paved by the ... India From violence to
impersonation: Over 800 students penalised by JNU The Sunday Guardian ... and possessing liquor and
ganja, according to information provided by the JNU administration in reply
to a Right to Information (RTI) petition. Malta Has the Freedom of
Information Act worked? Times of Malta Other very important documents
were not published because the Freedom of Information Act was,
coincidentally, only introduced a few months before ... UK Soaring number of
children being taken into care for abusing and beating up parents The Sun The shocking results were
revealed after Freedom of Information requests by The Sun on Sunday to
all 149 councils in England. And the 62 known ... UK/Bangladesh Bangladeshi jail
'cover-up' as UK journalist faces trial The Guardian Freedom of information requests have been rejected by the MoJ
on the basis of “protecting national securityâ€, alongside diplomatic reasons. Pakistan Daily Times Access to information has been recognised as a fundamental right of people across the
world as well as in Pakistan. Right to information was
formally ... India SC rejects petition to stop royalty to Mysuru Maharaja Hindustan Times In response to his queries
made under the Right to Information (RTI) law, Urs
learnt the state released `75 lakh between 2012 and 2014 as part of
its ... India Disciplinary Action on 7 JNU Students Every Month from 2010 to June 2016: RTI News18 ... an
average against seven students every month in the last six-and-a-half years
for violation of rules, according to an Right to Information (RTI)
query. UK More than 1000 rapes and sexual assaults reported at London schools in four years The Independent A Freedom of Information
request found that more than 15 per cent of the rape allegations were
reported in Croydon, where 13 rapes were recorded. UK British police criticised for lack of transparency in Bahrain training
deal The Guardian In a recent response to a freedom
of information request submitted by the campaign group of Reprieve, the
college gave a broad outline of the courses it ... Pakistan Up on website: KP health ministry makes medicine rates public The Express Tribune Officials said since a law
was already in place and people could get the information by filing an
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Climate Change Conference Cost Taxpayers $4165068.40 ... which Judicial Watch
obtained through a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act
India 75 children went
missing in 26 months in Jalandhar Hindustan Times Hindustan Times received
information about details of missing children under the Right to
Information Act, 2005. As per information given by the police ... Sri Lanka RTI: 2nd best Act in
South Asian Region - Media Minister Ceylon Daily News “The best example is the bogus
tales carried about the Right to Information Act (RTI), that this Act
would limit the independence of journalists and… India 62 pilots grounded in
6 months for violating air safety norms Hindustan Times “In the era of the Right to
Information Act, there should be no opaqueness. If an airline has
defaulted, the regulatory body should make it public,†said ...  Australia Mobile speed cameras
reap $3.6m in Melbourne's east in 2015 Herald Sun Freedom of Information documents from the Department of Justice revealed the top
locations across the municipality which stung motorists $3,635,733 ... UK Children with mental
health problems forced to wait up to THREE YEARS for treatment Figures released under the Freedom
of Information Act show youngsters battling depression, eating disorders
and self harm are having to wait weeks ... Ireland Authorities left in
dark after toxic mineral exposed at quarry Irish Times The exact details of the sites
have been excised from documents provided under freedom of information.
However, there are mentions of new cycle ... Ireland Fears grow over
nuclear power agreements with UK after Brexit Irish Independent Documents released following a Freedom
of Information request reveal high-ranking civil servants fear
information exchanges will be under threat ... Canada Ontario's $300
billion in debt explained Toronto Sun He reported he's made six freedom
of information requests. Four of these requests have been partially
fulfilled and two have not been fulfilled. India RTI revelation: Rs
2958 crore spent on Ganga 'clean-up' without visible results Economic Times The response to a Right to
Information (RTI) poser by a Aishwarya Sharma, a Class 10 student from
the city, to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has ... UK Forget flossing: four
alternative ways to keep your teeth healthy The Guardian The truth is out: a Freedom
of Information request in the US has revealed that flossing could be a
waste of time. So what can you do to protect your ... Pakistan Ombudsman asks PCB to share inquiry reports on match fixers The News International ISLAMABAD: In a major
decision on right to information, the federal ombudsman has directed
the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to share details of ... India Maggot-infested patient lies unattended in washroom at Amritsar govt hospital Hindustan Times We are short of manpower to
deal with our rush.†Rajendra Sharma, the Right to Information
(RTI) activist who brought the man to the hospital, said: “I ... UK Bowel cancer: 29% of
UK hospitals not following guidance on testing younger patients The Guardian In Northern Ireland, 100% of
hospitals that responded to a freedom of information request were
conducting the screening. In Scotland, 93% of ... UK How YOU pay thousands
for police chiefs' household bills and private healthcare Daily Mail The scale of the benefits
enjoyed by senior officers has emerged only after hundreds of Freedom of
Information requests by the Mail Investigations ... India Convict's RTI
petitions force EC to crack whip on missing electoral rolls Times of India CHENNAI: A series of Right
to Information (RTI) petitions by a convict lodged in Puzhal prison has
inadvertently resulted in the Chief Electoral Officer ... India Mumbai: No doctors to hear out patients at civic hospitals Mid-Day A Right To Information
(RTI) application filed by a doctor has revealed that out of the eight posts
for audiologists in all the four major hospitals — KEM, ... India NU debars principal accused of sexual harassment Times of India ... gave impartial report,
she was being allegedly harassed by Jumde by filing numerous applications
under Right to Information (RTI) Act, seeking her ... USA Anti-Trump group files request for Melania's immigration papers New York Daily News The Democratic Coalition
Against Trump has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to make
public the potential first lady's immigration papers ... Sri Lanka Full text of Right To Information Act The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Speaker Karu Jayasuriya
signed the Right To Information Act No. 12 of 2016 recently. Here is
the full text of Australia How schools are
failing some of NSW's most vulnerable students The Sydney Morning Herald Documents obtained under freedom
of information laws reveal scores of disturbing allegations about
bullying and abuse of students with disability in ... USA Villanova Professor Sues CIA Over … Bay of Pigs?! Philadelphia magazine He's submitted three Freedom
of Information Act requests with the CIA in an attempt to get the agency
to release the document, but the CIA hasn't. India Left out in the cold:
Hindus who fled Pakistan await Indian citizenship Hindustan Times The NDA government says more
than 4,200 people have got citizenship between 2014 and 2015 but a Right
To Information application revealed the ... India Pay check: Modi pulls Rs 1.6 lakh per month, far less than his secretary Catch News Earlier this week, the Prime
Ministers Office (PMO) divulged the salary of all top officials in the
department as per the Right to Information Act and it ... UK Romanian murderer
could receive £500000 payout for being unlawfully detained at an immigration
... A separate freedom of
information request made by the charity Citizens UK found that between
2012 and 2015, individuals wrongfully detained ... India Maharashtra: Sex crimes against children on rise; 11123 cases pending in courts The Indian Express The government figures were
obtained under the Right to Information Act from the office of the
Assistant Registrar (High Court), Appellate Side, in the ... India Unable to find India's poorest man, PMO returns Rs 1 lakh to Rajasthan donor India Tribune The government has no idea
and it cannot find out either, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) told a
retired school teacher from Rajasthan who last year ... Ireland Four PSNI officers
avoid potential disciplinary action by retiring Irish Mirror ... 129 police officers have
retired whilst facing a misconduct investigation since 2011-12 according to
answers to our Freedom of Information requests. India The Hindu A Right to Information
query by divyabhaskar.com revealed that the government in Gujarat is funding separate
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begins Sri Lanka Guardian (June 25, 2016, Colombo, Sri
Lanka Guardian) On June 24, 2016, Parliament unanimously adopted the Right
to Information (RTI) law. This marks the ... Pakistan Encroachers will have
to face severe penalties: GDA Pakistan Observer Right to Information unit has been established so that people will be able to get
more information regarding the development projects from the officials. India Maharashtra lost 530
sq km green cover to government, private projects in 28 years Times of India ... of forest cover to
government and private projects in a period of 28 years from 1987 to 2015, a
query under the Right to Information Act has revealed. Pakistan PIC summons
university registrar on 27th The News International ... University registrar on
June 27 for violating the Right to Information Act and not sharing
information to a complainant regarding recruitment of admin ... Pakistan Foreign policy
briefing: PM summons all diplomats to Islamabad after Eid The Express Tribune The minister told the
newly-elected CPNE panel that the draft of the Right to Sri Lanka Right to Information Bill passed Ceylon Daily News The Right to Information
Bill was unanimously passed with amendments in Parliament yesterday. Mass
Media and Parliamentary Reforms Minister ... Pakistan Commission directs
Punjab govt to share info on Orange Line Project The News International “The amount to be spent on this
project is a public money; hence, in view of Article 19-A read with Punjab
Transparency and Right to Information ... India RTI act being used to
harass government officials in Gujarat Times of India GANDHINAGAR: Government
officials in Gujarat tasked with finding answers to Right To Information
Act (RTI) queries filed by their fellow citizens, say ... Pakistan Police cover up
escape of militants, criminals from Mardan Police
Lines The police, in a request under
the Right to Information Act, sent through the inspector general of
police on June 1, 2016, to seek details of the incident, ... Pakistan Public information:
UET told to provide meeting record by July 5 The Express Tribune The commissioner said the view
of the respondents was not in line with the provisions of the Punjab
Transparency and Right to Information Act 2013. India GRABBING OF 650 KANALS
OF KAHCHARIE LAND Greater Kashmir In support of his contention,
the petitioner produced a reply copy he had received through Right to
Information Act as proof that the land in question is ... UK 'Insidious' tech firms
must protect children online, says campaigner The Guardian Out of 44 police forces, 38
responded to a freedom of information request that revealed 3,186
recorded sexual crimes against children in which the ... India Delhi University
rejects another RTI query over PM Modi's degree Daily News & Analysis The University of Delhi has
once again rejected right to information (RTI) query seeking details
about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree. Israel Netanyahu's Household
Expenses in 2014: 2 Million Shekels, Paid for by Taxpayers Haaretz Freedom of Information request reveals invoices from Netanyahu's state and private
residences: 1,400 shekels a day for cleaning, nearly 60,000 for ... USA State agency
withholds trove of prison records — from basic info to overdose video Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Bill Lueders,
the president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council,
characterized the department's response as outrageous. "You've
paid ... India MP files RTI plea to
seek details of police combing op Times of India Aurangabad: MP Chandrakant Khaire has shot off
a fresh Right To Information (RTI) application, seeking details of a
recent combing operation against ... USA Bob Dunning: First
rule of cheating? Don't get caught Davis Enterprise Using the Freedom of
Information Act, “the Journal asked 50 public universities with large
foreign enrollments how many reports of alleged ... India Cancel state nod to
Priyanka for house near The Retreat, says Himachal BJP The Indian Express ... making
public details of the permission granted to her when activist Devashish Bhattarcharya sought
it through a Right to Information (RTI) plea. India The Hindu Right to Information queries by animal rights activist Gauri
Maulekhi and viewed by The Hindu show that the
environment ministry, in September 2015, ... Pakistan Significance of
accountability Daily Times Conscious efforts were made to
improve the access to the Right to Information Act. And a culture of
e-transparency has also been introduced by ... Israel Court rejects
petition to review all of PM's 2014 receipts Israel Hayom The Jerusalem District Court
rejected Thursday a petition from the Movement for Freedom of Information
that would have required the Prime Minister's ... Canada The FOI Raccoon Digs
Through Council's Emails, DMs, and BBMs Torontoist Torontoist launched this column two weeks ago with the goal of holding
public institutions accountable with freedom of information requests,
and to ... USA Photographs of Bill
Clinton together with Donald Trump to be released ... said
the pictures will be released on September 9 following an application under
America's Freedom of Information Act by the Buzzfeed
website. Pakistan The Nation (blog) Under the Punjab Transparency
and Right to Information Act 2013, the enquirer, Sarmad
Ali had previously asked the Registrar in writing about the ... India Delhi govt tells RTI activist that his campaign to include RTI
Act in school syllabus duly noted Times of India DEHRADUN: After his idea of
including the Right to Information Act (RTI) in the school curriculum
found little local support, RTI activist Ajay Kumar, ... India Press Trust of India Exercising his right to
information (RTI), Venkatesh Nayak had in January last year sought from the
President's secretariat photo copies of all materials ... USA Animal rescuer sues
University of Illinois over files on dogs, cats in research Chicago Tribune The group's supporters filed
dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests as part of a national
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Pakistan Right to information and bureaucratic
shenanigans The News on Sunday Ever since right to
information laws have been put in place in the country, there is Canada Toronto police
stations had about $16K worth of goods stolen over past 5 years Toronto Star The report, obtained under the Freedom
of Information Act, revealed the single biggest theft was an envelope
containing more than $2,500 in cash for ... UK UK pays £5.5m to
defunct European defence organisation BBC News The payments were revealed by a
Freedom of Information request. The BBC's FOI request disclosed that
payments have been made to cover residual ... USA Legal settlements at
Veterans Affairs more than tripled New York Daily News ... to $338 million in 2015
from $98 million in 2011, according to Treasury Department data obtained via
a Freedom of Information Act request. Bangladesh Women face more
barriers to accessing information The Daily Star She said studies carried out in
Liberia and Guatemala showed existence of similar inequity in the exercise of
right to information between men and ... India Bad blood: 2234 get HIV after transfusion The Hindu The data was revealed by
National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) in response to a Right to
Information query by activist Chetan Kothari. India Six Mumbai Metro
officials getting paid more than Maharashtra Chief Minister Mid-Day A Right to Information
has revealed that the salaries of six Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC)
officials are higher than that of Maharashtra Chief ... Pakistan RTI law amendments
yet to be cleared The Express Tribune PESHAWAR: A draft proposing
amendments to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act
(RTI) 2013 has yet to be cleared even though it has ... Canada Health ministry
ordered to disclose names on OHIP billings Toronto Star In April 2014, the Star filed a
freedom-of-information request, seeking names of the top 100 billers,
their specialties and the amounts each received ... India Whistleblower exposed
many building violations Times of India Incredibly agile and sharp, he
was a seasoned Right to Information (RTI) activist who obtained
incriminating documents on corruption in various state ... USA Request for Clinton
emails would take 75 years to complete New York Daily News That's how long the U.S. State
Department said it will take to fulfill a Freedom of Sri Lanka * Sri Lanka's Right to Information Bill in Parliament on June 21st Colombo Page June 08, Colombo: The
amended Right to Information Bill will be presented in Sri Lanka
parliament on 21st June, the Government announced today. Pakistan On SC order, Punjab Police directed to share with public details of its functioning The News International ... organisation and
designate public information officer to respond to public queries under the
Punjab Transparancy and Right to Information Act 2013. Pakistan 'Budget documents not
for public viewing' The Express Tribune This was the reply of a finance
ministry official when Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives
(CPDI) executive director contacted him and ... Pakistan Right to Information Act being violated, says citizen The News International MANSEHRA: A citizen has
complained that Right to Information Commission of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
constituted under the Right to Information Act in ... Bangladesh Proactive disclosure
needed for easier flow of info The Daily Star The publication contains
lessons learnt from the Right to Information (RTI) Camp organised at
Shinghajhuli in Chowgacha upazila of Jessore last year. India Mumbai: Only 6.67% of
complaints being probed by ACB, reveals RTI Daily News & Analysis This information was provided
under the Right to Information Act. The ACB mainly probes officers
against whom complaints of corruption have been ... India Coming soon: IGNOU to
offer diploma course on RTI Hindustan Times In order to encourage people to
understand societal relevance of the Right to Information Act
and its nuances, the Indira Gandhi National Open ... Malta Government says 'no'
to most Times of Malta requests for information Times of Malta Most of the applications by
this newspaper made to the government under the Freedom of Information
Act over the past months were rejected. India India lost almost 7
billion units of electricity due to water shortages this year, says report Scroll.in The document was compiled from
daily outage reports of the Central electricity Authority and Right to
Information replies from National Thermal Power ... UK Migrants try to sneak
into Britain at a rate of one every six minutes, official figures show Daily Mail The figures – released under a freedom
of information request to the Daily Express – do not include the estimated
tens of thousands of migrants who ... India MSc students seek
access to practical marks under RTI Times of India ... Institute of Science have
demanded access to their practical assessment marks under the Right to
Information (RTI) Act. Pakistan 'Citizens Budget'
document issued ... transparency in managing
public finances as intended by the promulgation of KP Right to Information
Act, 2013, and KP Right to Services Act, 2013. India Prove you are Indian,
MHA asks RTI applicant before disclosing Ishrat probe panel details The New Indian Express As per Right to Information
Act, 2005, only Indian citizens can seek information. Usually, a proof of
citizenship is not required to file an application ... India Delhi Dealing With A
Drought Of Its Own, City's Ponds And Marshes May Soon Be History Information provided by
different government agencies under the Right to Information
Act (RTI) reveals that a sizeable number of Delhi's ponds, lakes ... USA Celebrating Freedom
of Information Act reform in Congress, and the road ahead Sunlight Foundation (blog) Monday's vote in the U.S. House
of Representatives to send the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 to the White
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Pakistan PanamaLeaks highlights need for enactment of RTI law The News International In such a scenario, it is all the more important to strengthen democratic institutions in the country through an effective Right to Information (RTI) law.
India 358 departments default on public disclosures norms: Centre Economic Times NEW DELHI: Over 350 government departments have defaulted in following norms for
India Mumbai: Only 1 out of 453 BMC-aided schools follows RTE Mid-Day ... admission mandates under the RTE quota, as the authorities revealed in a response to an RTI (Right To Information) query filed by a law student.
USA Virginia's Freedom of Information Advisory Council mulls changes to state's FOIA law FierceGovernmentIT Virginia's Freedom of Information Advisory Council intends to recommend changes to the state's open records and meeting law next month, reported ...
UK Poppi Worthington: Council spent £12000 trying to keep tragic toddler's case secret "The original Freedom of Information request from the North West Evening Mail asked for costs related to this application. This cost was around £700.
UK Thousands on the run after skipping court bail BBC News Figures were supplied following Freedom of Information requests to all 39 police forces in England. The BBC asked for details of arrest warrants ... 13000 suspected and convicted criminals on run after skipping bail - The Guardian
Pakistan 'Approved summary not exempt from disclosure' ... Lahore college, seeking a direction to the provincial higher education department to give him certain information under the Right to Information Act.
India After Nehru, Rajasthan erases RTI Act from textbooks The Hindu ... the Bharatiya Janata Party regime has deleted a chapter on the Right to Information (RTI) movement from the class VIII social science textbook.
India Emperor Ashoka was the first to grant right to information The New Indian Express COLOMBO: Indian Emperor Ashoka was the first to conjure up and grant his subjects the Right To Information (RTI), says Indian RTI activist Venkatesh ...
Pakistan RTIC asks Pesco to provide information to requester or face action The News International PESHAWAR: In a watershed decision, the chief commissioner Right to Information Commission (RTIC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has directed the ...
Scotland One in every 400 people in one Scottish post code is a registered sex offender - we reveal area ... Scottish Daily Record Statistics held by police, and released under the Freedom of Information Act, show the locations of 3900 offenders across 350 post code districts.
UK Council closed libraries to cut costs, then spent more to guard them The Guardian The freedom of information response shows that from 31 March, when the libraries closed, until 15 April, when the request was made, Lambeth spent ...
UK UK has hundreds of deadly wild pets - and there could be one living near you The data was obtained by the Press Association, which sent Freedom of Information requests to every licensing authority in the UK, of which 363 ...
India Lost and mostly found? Police say yes but the numbers don't add up Newslaundry What's surprising is that the information has been gathered from the Delhi Police's responses to various Right to Information (RTI) queries filed by CRY ...
USA What Isn't Covered by the Attorney-Client Exemption to FOIA? The Nerve South Carolina's Freedom of Information law contains two significant and frequently used exemptions. The first is for lawmakers. Having written the ...
UK How bad is the housing crisis in Bristol? Nearly 10000 people waiting for just 41 council homes Bristol Post A Freedom of Information (FoI) request sent to Bristol City Council showed there was only 41 apartments available for people waiting for a roof over ...
UK Britons Are Keeping Thousands of Dangerous Animals as Pets Newsweek The information was obtained through freedom of information requests sent to every council in the U.K., of which 363 replied. The Environment Agency ... Here, fluffy! Lions, cobras & crocs among 100s of dangerous animals Brits keep as
UK Women's Equality Party launches new campaign to tackle revenge porn and protect women online A Freedom of Information request by the BBC, last month, found that children as young as 11 were becoming victims of revenge pornography - the act ...
India Reports of the Lt Governor of Delhi to the Centre can be made available under RTI Act CIC Read ... Live Law ... on Wednesday ruled that reports of the Lt. Governor of Delhi to the President or the Centre can be made available under the Right to Information Act.
UK Rip-off cost of parking over bank holidays Daily Mail Using Freedom of Information laws, the Mail discovered 31 councils raked in a staggering £735,576 in total – on average £23,728. If this figure was ...
India Fresh CIC notice to political parties chiefs over RTI on finances Economic Times NEW DELHI: CIC has issued fresh notices to the chiefs of all the six national parties for not responding to Right to Information queries on their ...
India Man takes RTI route for extortion Times of India ... himself filed a complaint against the district panchayati raj officers for not providing him the information he sought under Right To Information (RTI).
India RTI gets a memorial in Rajasthan The Hindu Ironic though it may sound, a unique memorial celebrating the Right to Information has come up in the Beawar town of Rajasthan — where the RTI ...
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Pakistan PanamaLeaks highlights need for enactment of RTI law The News International In such a scenario, it is all the more important to strengthen democratic institutions in the country through an effective Right to Information (RTI) law.
India 358 departments default on public disclosures norms: Centre Economic Times NEW DELHI: Over 350 government departments have defaulted in following norms for
India Mumbai: Only 1 out of 453 BMC-aided schools follows RTE Mid-Day ... admission mandates under the RTE quota, as the authorities revealed in a response to an RTI (Right To Information) query filed by a law student.
USA Virginia's Freedom of Information Advisory Council mulls changes to state's FOIA law FierceGovernmentIT Virginia's Freedom of Information Advisory Council intends to recommend changes to the state's open records and meeting law next month, reported ...
UK Poppi Worthington: Council spent £12000 trying to keep tragic toddler's case secret "The original Freedom of Information request from the North West Evening Mail asked for costs related to this application. This cost was around £700.
UK Thousands on the run after skipping court bail BBC News Figures were supplied following Freedom of Information requests to all 39 police forces in England. The BBC asked for details of arrest warrants ... 13000 suspected and convicted criminals on run after skipping bail - The Guardian
Pakistan 'Approved summary not exempt from disclosure' ... Lahore college, seeking a direction to the provincial higher education department to give him certain information under the Right to Information Act.
India After Nehru, Rajasthan erases RTI Act from textbooks The Hindu ... the Bharatiya Janata Party regime has deleted a chapter on the Right to Information (RTI) movement from the class VIII social science textbook.
India Emperor Ashoka was the first to grant right to information The New Indian Express COLOMBO: Indian Emperor Ashoka was the first to conjure up and grant his subjects the Right To Information (RTI), says Indian RTI activist Venkatesh ...
Pakistan RTIC asks Pesco to provide information to requester or face action The News International PESHAWAR: In a watershed decision, the chief commissioner Right to Information Commission (RTIC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has directed the ...
Scotland One in every 400 people in one Scottish post code is a registered sex offender - we reveal area ... Scottish Daily Record Statistics held by police, and released under the Freedom of Information Act, show the locations of 3900 offenders across 350 post code districts.
UK Council closed libraries to cut costs, then spent more to guard them The Guardian The freedom of information response shows that from 31 March, when the libraries closed, until 15 April, when the request was made, Lambeth spent ...
UK UK has hundreds of deadly wild pets - and there could be one living near you The data was obtained by the Press Association, which sent Freedom of Information requests to every licensing authority in the UK, of which 363 ...
India Lost and mostly found? Police say yes but the numbers don't add up Newslaundry What's surprising is that the information has been gathered from the Delhi Police's responses to various Right to Information (RTI) queries filed by CRY ...
USA What Isn't Covered by the Attorney-Client Exemption to FOIA? The Nerve South Carolina's Freedom of Information law contains two significant and frequently used exemptions. The first is for lawmakers. Having written the ...
UK How bad is the housing crisis in Bristol? Nearly 10000 people waiting for just 41 council homes Bristol Post A Freedom of Information (FoI) request sent to Bristol City Council showed there was only 41 apartments available for people waiting for a roof over ...
UK Britons Are Keeping Thousands of Dangerous Animals as Pets Newsweek The information was obtained through freedom of information requests sent to every council in the U.K., of which 363 replied. The Environment Agency ... Here, fluffy! Lions, cobras & crocs among 100s of dangerous animals Brits keep as
UK Women's Equality Party launches new campaign to tackle revenge porn and protect women online A Freedom of Information request by the BBC, last month, found that children as young as 11 were becoming victims of revenge pornography - the act ...
India Reports of the Lt Governor of Delhi to the Centre can be made available under RTI Act CIC Read ... Live Law ... on Wednesday ruled that reports of the Lt. Governor of Delhi to the President or the Centre can be made available under the Right to Information Act.
UK Rip-off cost of parking over bank holidays Daily Mail Using Freedom of Information laws, the Mail discovered 31 councils raked in a staggering £735,576 in total – on average £23,728. If this figure was ...
India Fresh CIC notice to political parties chiefs over RTI on finances Economic Times NEW DELHI: CIC has issued fresh notices to the chiefs of all the six national parties for not responding to Right to Information queries on their ...
India Man takes RTI route for extortion Times of India ... himself filed a complaint against the district panchayati raj officers for not providing him the information he sought under Right To Information (RTI).
India RTI gets a memorial in Rajasthan The Hindu Ironic though it may sound, a unique memorial celebrating the Right to Information has come up in the Beawar town of Rajasthan — where the RTI ...
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Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat declines to provide details of MPs' attendance Bangladesh News 24 hours on Dec 17, written to the Secretariat, seeking, under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the attendance records of the deputies ...
India Ads without photos of CMs, ministers a waste: Govt to SC Chandigarh Tribune ... 2015, ran counter to the governments' duty to inform people about various schemes and citizens' right to information under Article 19 and the Right ...
India In last 2 yrs, Muslims got only 2% of 6 PSBs' priority sector loans: RTI Times of India Answers received through Right To Information applications to half-a- dozen banks by Mumbai-based activist M A Khalid show that of all priority sector ...
India RTI activist demands action against BJP MP The Hindu Right to Information activist Anil Galgali has filed an application seeking that former Mumbai Police Commissioner and current Member of Parliament ...
India Demand surprises RTI applicant The Hindu An applicant under the Right to Information Act, 2005 here is taken aback by a demand made by the Public Information Officer-cum-Personal Assistant ...
UK Hundreds of rapists and child abusers taken off sex offenders register BBC News More than 50% of applications - allowed under a 2010 Supreme Court ruling - were successful, a Freedom of Information request revealed.
Pakistan Right to information demanded in South Asia Daily Times ISLAMABAD: A regional conference on right to information (RTI) in South Asia, titled Understanding the Silent Revolution, concluded on Thursday with ...
India Modi government rejected 8.4% applications in 2014-15: Central Information Commission Economic Times ... the Narendra Modi government has rejected the most number of applications under Right to Information Act. The rate of rejection of RTI applications ...
India Muslims get only 2% of PSU bank loans, shows RTI query Times of India Answers received through right to information applications to half-a- dozen banks by Mumbai-based RTI activist M A Khalid show that of all priority ...
India To keep protesters at bay, babus splurge Rs 1.12 lakh on two gates Hindustan Times Hindustan Times has collected this information, including the expenses incurred, under the Right to Information Act from the DC office. As per the reply ...
Pakistan Post PDA bus attack: City administration clueless about parking spaces, bus terminals The Express Tribune The information was sought through an application submitted under the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act 2013. According to a copy of the ...
UK White employees of racism watchdog 'earn £3000 more annually than black colleagues' The Independent And there is a similar gap between disabled and able-bodied members of staff, according to the data released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Scotland Shocking figures show 42000 patients in Scots hospitals were subjected to midnight ward moves Scottish Daily Record Figures released to Scottish Labour under freedom of information show at least 42,021 patients were moved between wards between 11pm and 6am ...
India BMC study tours: Corporators spent Rs 2.59 cr from public funds in 4 years The Indian Express ... but corporators have also visited the same locations multiple times, reveals data sought by The Indian Express under Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka should not keep central bank out of RTI bill: economist EconomyNext ECONOMYNEXT - Attempts to put operations of Sri Lanka's central bank out of the ambit of a draft 'Right to Information' bill is wrong and will deny ...
India The Hindu Having taken on the high and mighty, the slain Right to Information activist Vinayak Baliga had received threat calls. The police are baffled as to why ...
Pakistan Providing freedom: 'Right to information a basic right of citizens' The Express Tribune KARACHI: Right to information (RTI) is not only the need of politicians and media, but it is the collective need of everyone and is the basic right of ...
Pakistan 2000 high schools without heads The News International Earlier this month, a Right to Information (RTI) activist from Centre for Peace and Development Initiative (CPDI) from Jhang district, Syed Raza, filed an ...
UK Fire service bosses take home huge pay packets despite cutting front line staff Daily Mail Freedom of Information requests by the Telegraph showed more than 249 fire service employees have been rehired after retiring. At least 15 were ...
Ireland Schools reports may go to 18-year-olds instead of parents Irish Times Authorities have confirmed that parents do not have an automatic right to information held by schools regarding their children once they turn 18.
Sri Lanka Right to Information Bill challenged in Supreme Court Sri Lanka Guardian The petitioners stated that a Bill titled “Right to Information Bill” was placed on the Order Paper of Parliament on or about March 24, 2016.
India Express RTI: 105 Lok Sabha MPs yet to declare assets The Indian Express express rti, right to information, lok sabha mp assets, mp asset declaration, Those who have not filed their details include all five MPs of the Samajwadi ...
Pakistan Proactive disclosure of information The Express Tribune The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Punjab Right to Information (RTI) Commissions have to deal with the officialdom who inherited and followed the ...
USA Obama undermined press freedom. Now he wants a strong media to stop Trump? The Guardian The Freedom of Information Act (Foia), signed into law in 1966, is meant to give citizens access to information about the government agencies their ...
Indonesia Breakthrough: Indonesia's highest court orders release of mining data It could set a precedent for other freedom of information requests in the natural resources sector, whose opacity has come under increasing assault by ...
UK Sexism in schools is real – how can the Department for Education deny it? The Guardian Last year, a freedom of information request revealed that over 5,500 sexual offences in UK schools were reported to police in the previous three years, ...
Sri Lanka Three petitions in SC against RTI Bill The Sunday Times Sri Lanka Three petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court this week challenging the Right To Information (RTI) Bill which was submitted to Parliament last ... |
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