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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of |
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Right
to Information From Around the World |
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Issue No: 114 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 31-12-2015 |
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Pakistan Punjab
slow in RTI enforcement: Commission The News International ISLAMABAD: Punjab was quick to
pass Right to Information (RTI) law taking cue from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
but the provincial government is ... India National
Herald plot has a controversial neighbour Times of India Activist Anil Galgali, who
procured this information using the Right to Information Act (RTI),
claimed the India 13
officers fined Rs 25k each for delaying reply under RTI Times of India MEERUT: Taking note of the
delay in providing information under the Right to Information
(RTI) Act, the Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission ... Australia Mark
Dreyfus wins case over George Brandis' refusal to release ministerial diary Sydney Morning Herald Federal Attorney-General George
Brandis' refusal to release his ministerial diary went against a key
objective of the Freedom of Information Act and ... USA U.S.
Officials Warned of Mali Terror Strike Prior to November Attack The Intercept The December 2013 State
Department Antiterrorism Assistance report, obtained by The Intercept via the
Freedom of Information Act, characterized the ... USA Virginia
Tech researcher accuses state health officials of "hiding" data on
Flint's water Michigan Radio The documents obtained through
a Freedom of Information Act request are available online. Marc
Edwards says newly obtained internal documents ... UK Scandal
of the hospitals raking in £3m a year in parking charges Daily Mail New Freedom of Information
figures show Oxford University Hospitals took the most in parking charges
last year, at £3.7 million. The John Radcliffe ... UK Scotland
Yard spent nearly £5m on three child abuse inquiries in 2015 The Guardian The cost of Operation Midland
and two other police investigations was revealed in a freedom of
information request by the Guardian UK Killers
and sex offenders are being set free by MISTAKE Daily Mail The figures, which will be
embarrassing for Justice Secretary Michael Gove, were released under the Freedom
of Information Act. India Sexual
harassment panel of Chandigarh Police met only 5 times in 2 years The Indian Express According to the information
sought under the Right To Information (RTI) Act, an Internal
Complaints Committee was constituted on December 24, ... India Mumbai:
Rich tributes paid to RTI warrior Narayan Verma Daily News & Analysis Narayan Varma may be an unknown
name to many in the city, but in the activists' circle, he was the man who
made the Right To Information (RTI) Act ... Pakistan The News on Sunday Peoples' right to
information had already become a popular statecraft both in developed and
developing countries. Moreover, the commissions on ... UK Majority
of suspects Tasered by police are mentally ill, figures show The Independent The latest statistics were
released in response to a Freedom of Information request made by the
website The Justice Gap. It revealed that in 67 per ... UK Revealed:
the Liverpool streets where you are most likely to get a parking fine Liverpool Echo A road outside the Royal
Liverpool Hospital has seen the most illegal parking fines slapped on
drivers. A Freedom of Information (FoI) request showed ... UK Prince
Charles can legally set off nukes: UK study The Indian Express ... University, studied UK
legislation and government archives and deployed the Freedom of
Information Act to unveil the legal privileges of Charles. UK The
1700 overseas drivers let off rushing fines on ONE street as a result of
police say it's too ... The Times (subscription) ... were by foreign drivers,
only the British motorists were pursued for payment, documents released under
the Freedom of Information Act reveal. India Less
than 12 percent OBCs employed in Central government, reveals RTI Times of India ... justice and 48 departments
held back the information sought by Chennai based scientist E Muralidharan
under the Right to Information Act. Among ... UK Members
of the public to get powers to vet charity spending of public money Charities that administer
millions of pounds of public funds will be subject to Freedom of
Information laws in wake of Kids Company collapse, under ... UK Choristers
and church bell ringers on list of people who had backgrounds checked Daily Mail A series of Freedom of
Information by the Manifesto Club determined that between 2014 and 2015
there were 199 Disclosure and Barring Service ... Australia Greens
senator Sarah Hanson-Young in secret debt plan The Australian Documents obtained by The
Weekend Australian under Freedom of Information laws show that as of
December 15, Senator Hanson-Young had the ... UK British
taxpayer payouts to Afghans and Iraqis total £25m after military action Daily Mail ... out has hit almost £20
million, while Afghans have received £5.3m, a Freedom of
Information request has revealed. (pictured: British army in Iraq). India RTI
reveals govt keeps no record of stamp papers Chandigarh Tribune The fact has been revealed by a
Right to Information (RTI) activist Sukhwinder Singh after demanding
the record of some stamp papers. India 20
lakh cases pending in courts The Hindu The data on the pendency of
cases was obtained by The Hindu invoking provisions of the Right to
Information Act. An analysis of the data indicated ... India 356
cellphones stolen in '15, no data on recovery The Indian Express According to data obtained from
the office of Police Commissioner under the Right to Information Act
(RTI), only two to five mobile phones theft cases ... UK Revealed:
NHS hospitals investigate one in seven deaths of vulnerable patients The Guardian Data released to the Guardian
under freedom of information laws show that hospitals in England have
investigated just 209 out of 1,436 deaths of ... Pakistan KP
Police fined Rs50,000 for violating RTI The News International ISLAMABAD: KP's Right to
Information (RTI) Commission has imposed Rs50,000 fine on the provincial
police department for blocking access to ... UK Firefighters
have had to free almost 2000 obese people from their homes Daily Mail From January 2013 to May this
year, emergency crews were called to 1,866 such incidents, according to a Freedom
of Information request by The ... |
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