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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of |
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Right
to Information Around the World |
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Issue No: 121 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 16-06-2016 |
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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
House is the culmination of a decade of ... |
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