Newsletter 121

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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of

Right to Information

from

Around the World

Issue No: 121

E - Alert

Issue Date: 16-06-2016

 

 

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

DAWN.com

... 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

Indiatimes.com

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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