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

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Issue No: 135

E - Alert

Issue Date: 01-02-2017

Pakistan

Displaced humanity

The News International

According to data made available under 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

DAWN.com

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

Inquiry reports

DAWN.com

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

DAWN.com

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 be bound to inform about the kidnapping of any person within three days, the Senate's Select Committee ...

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