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India
RTI activist, friend shot dead in Bihar
Indileak
A Right to Information (RTI) activist and his friend were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Jamu district, police said.

Pakistan
CPJ calls on Pakistan’s PM to protect press freedom ahead of elections
CJP
Journalist Gul Bukhari was abducted, Asad Kharal was attacked, a break-in robbery took place at..

Nevis
Freedom of Information Bill Passes In Nevis
Winfm
The Nevis Freedom of Information Bill, 2018, which was presented by Hon. Eric Evelyn, Minister of Information and Information Services, was passed unanimously..

UK
How Well Do Local Officials Respond To FOI Requests?
The Economic Times
Overall, local agencies did a good job at providing public records.  But there is some bad news. 

Ghana
Yendi: Forum On The Right To Information Bill Held
Modern Ghana
The effort was to create the needed awareness to ensure that effort being made to pass the bill was expedited.

Pakistan
Mechanism devised to assess RTI execution in Pakistan
The News
The first ever methodology has been developed to assess and evaluate the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) law in the country..

India
RTI applicant declared ‘ineligible’, threatened with criminal action
DNA
The letter dated June 4, 2018, which came to light recently informs Irfan Janwekar, the RTI applicant, that he has been declared apatra

Georgia
Three priorities at the open government partnership summit
Transparency International
Politicians understand the meaning of corruption, but do they understand the meaning of commitment? We have to work together to go beyond words..

Bangladesh
Gov’t wants to restrict right to information beyond EU rules
The Daily Star
Nine years ago this month, the RTI Act 2009 of Bangladesh was born. It came at a time when the entire nation