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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of |
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Issue No: 137 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 02-03-2017 |
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Pakistan Senate committee
agrees to draft RTI Bill 2016 The Nation ISLAMABAD - A Senate select
committee on Tuesday unanimously agreed on the draft of the Right to
Information (RTI) Bill, 2016. A formal approval of ... Sri Lanka The Right to
Information Act is effective from today. SLBC Minister of Mass Media Gayantha Karunathilaka says the
Right to Information Act is effective from today. This is an election
pledge made to the public ... Pakistan CPDI calls to include
stakeholders in legislation on RTI The News International As reported in the media, the
select committee has unanimously approved draft of right to information
bill and has agreed that the proposed ... India Attorney General
doesn't come under RTI: Delhi HC Under the Right to
Information (RTI) Act, any government office or authority or any organisation substantially funded by the government comes
under ... Pakistan Government urged to
consult stakeholders The Nation It is a good development that
government has expedited the process of legislation on right to
information, a statement issued by an Islamabad based ... Pakistan Nadra reluctant to share
details of rented offices The Nation This correspondent, as a
complainant, had filed a right to information (RTI) request on October
26, 2016, with the NADRA chairman seeking ... India Info panel: Come
clean on Mecca Masjid firing report Times of India The commission was dealing with
an appeal filed by Right to Information activist S Q Masood who had sought documents such as the terms
of ... Canada Ontario keeps
abortion stats a secret. Pro-lifers are suing to expose the truth Lifesite Maloney and her ally were in
Ottawa's Superior Court on Wednesday, arguing against a change to the Freedom
of Information and Protection of ... Pakistan CPDI calls to include
stakeholders in legislation on RTI The News International ISLAMABAD: The Centre for
Peace and Development Initiatives (CDPI) while welcoming the development
that government has expedited the process ... Nepal Information sought
from 60 colleges affiliated to TU Republica The NGO has been working for right
to information (RTI) in Nepal and on Sunday sought information from TU's
60 offshoot colleges in Kathmandu ... Sri Lanka Batti women take RTI route
to seek details on loved ones Colombo Gazette A group of women in Batticaloa are attempting to use the Right To
Information (RTI) Act to locate their loves ones, The Hindu newspaper
reported. USA FBI axes FOIA
requests by email, so dust off your fax machine TechCrunch Starting next month, the FBI
will no longer accept Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by
email. In lieu of its popular email service, the FBI ... UK Maternity crisis
looms over tide of retiring staff: Third of midwives are aged over 50 as
Royal ... Daily Mail Freedom of Information requests in 2015 found that half of hospitals had to close
their doors to women giving birth at least once as they were too busy. India Now, BPL applicants
have to pay for photocopies above 50 pages Times of India ... Poverty Line (BPL) category
will no longer be able to seek unlimited photocopies of desired information
under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. Nepal Information sought
from 60 colleges affiliated to TU Anna Note (satire) (press
release) (blog) The NGO has been working for
the right to information (RTI) in Nepal and on Sunday sought
information from TU's 60 offshoot colleges in Kathmandu ... India Bar case appeal cost
State Rs. 37 lakh The Hindu ... into
the bar licence renewal bribery case had cost the
public exchequer an estimated Rs. 37 lakh, a Right
to Information (RTI) reply has revealed. Canada End this cult of
secrecy: Editorial Toronto Star Instead, they are governed by
provisions of Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act. And that means getting access to records of ... Bahamas Freedom Of Information Bill Is Passed
Despite Rollins Broadside Bahamas Tribune #THE House of Assembly passed
the revamped Freedom of Information Bill last night, hours after Fort
Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins launched a ... UK The figures, gathered through
data obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, suggest that
reasons for delays included a lack of home care, ... Sri Lanka The Sunday Times Sri Lanka RTI: Even President's office is
not prepared: Though the Right to Information Act officially came into
force on February 3, it seems that in most ... Pakistan Busted: KP education
dept demolishes PTI claims on social media! Pakistan Today The requested information was,
after all, part of the public domain, which is accessible to anyone through
the Right to Information Act, 2013. Why the ... UK More than 30 troops
across the Armed Forces are having medical treatment to change their gender Daily Mail Thirty-four troops across the
Armed forces are undergoing medical treatment to reassign their gender, a Freedom
of Information request has revealed. Tunisia Is Tunisia Rolling
Back Freedom of Information? Global Voices Online In 2016, the constitutional
right to access information was reinforced by the parliament's adoption of a freedom
of information law (Law n�22 of 24 ... USA How to Force
Government Transparency, Even Under Trump ... generally
as the Freedom of Information Act. And since 2010, MuckRock,
a Boston-based nonprofit, has been helping people to file FOIA requests. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's Right
to Information act ranks third place globally on the RTI Rating Colombo Page Sri Lanka ranks at the third
place in the Global Right to Information Rating, which assess
country's legal framework according to 61 indicators. Mexico ... Pakistan Ombudsman directs Nadra to respond to RTI request The News International Federal ombudsman has termed Nadra's refusal to entertain a right to information
(RTI) request an intentional lack of transparency and accountability. India RTI activist blows
whistle, faces heat Times of India ... both
state and central authorities, Right to Information (RTI) activist P Srinivas Rao, a resident of Qutbullapur, is facing heat from the city police. Australia Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull and ministers were told wind not to blame for South
Australia ... The Sydney Morning Herald ... target ignored confidential
public service advice stating that it was not the cause, according to emails obtaine India Air quality in Delhi
remains poor Business Standard The report, based on
information obtained through online reports and Right to Information
(RTI) applications from state pollution control boards across ... Pakistan Seeking greater
transparency, Senate committee approves Right to Information Bill Members of a Senate select
committee on Tuesday unanimously adopted a bill that seeks to codify
citizens' right to information. During the meeting ... Pakistan Crossing tracks led
to 1798 of 3202 train fatalities in Mumbai in 2016 Hindustan Times According to the statistics
obtained under a Right to Information application by activist Sameer Jhaveri, 3,202
passengers died and 3,363 were injured ... Malawi Malawi president
signs right to information law africanews Malawians are now empowered by
law to seek information from elected officials and public entities. This
comes after President Peter Mutharika
signed ... Pakistan The News International In 2013, the Senate approved
the Right to Information Act but it was allowed to lapse when the
PML-N government didn't introduce it in the National ... India RTI applications can
now be filed online; depts. asked to upload information The Hindu Now, it is possible to file
online applications under Right To Information (RTI) Act as State
Information Commission has set up a mechanism for ... India Only information can
be sought under RTI Act, says PIO The Hindu In a bizarre reply to an
application filed under the Right to Information Act of 2005, the
Public Information Officer (PIO)-cum-Under Secretary of Tamil ... Pakistan Charsadda DHQ 'refuses' to
provide required information to RTI Commission Daily Times A social audit committee (SAC)
was formed to gather the required information for which Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2013
was ... Canada Canada: Unproven
Complaints Against Employers Could Soon Be Released To The Public Mondaq News Alerts (registration) "(Freedom of
information law) was designed to allow access to information from
government agencies, not adjudicative documents from tribunals ... Australia Vocational education:
Up to 3000 disabled students at risk of funding cut The Sydney Morning Herald Documents released under freedom
of information laws show that thousands of disabled students studying
courses in business administration, ... Pakistan Business Recorder (press
release) (registration) (blog) While Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab governments have adopted
creditable new right to information laws, the other two provinces as
well as the ... India Soon, file RTI pleas
at the click of a mouse The Asian Age New Delhi: Filing pleas under
the Right to Information Act will just be a click away for Delhiites with the city government planning to bring a
new policy ... India Disclose Nathuram Godse's statement in
Gandhi assassination trial: CIC Hindustan Times Acharyulu directed the Central Public Information Commissioner not to
charge Rs 3 per page for photocopying because the Right to Information
Act ... Canada Taxpayer-funded
transit report kept secret by city Toronto Star The Star has also made a freedom
of information request in this case. �Anyone who went to high school will
remember that if you didn't show your ... Canada Secrecy often chokes
off public information from tribunal hearings Toronto Star They were told they would have
to file a Freedom of Information request � which can be a costly and
lengthy process, with no guarantee that ... UK British troops given
guide to Estonian strip clubs BBC News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) provided British
soldiers with a guide to strip clubs in the Estonian capital, a freedom of
information request to the ... Nepal Nepal, Bangladesh
information commissions sign cooperation deal Himalayan Times ... of
Nepal and Bangladesh have recently made an agreement to exchange mutual
cooperation regarding promotion of the right to information. India Delhi: 24 'escaped'
from Asha Kiran home in
six years, reveals RTI The Indian Express ... inquiries made under the Right
to Information (RTI) Act indicate that apart from deaths of inmates �
some as young as eight � there have also been ... UK Driver with 62
penalty points on licence still on the road,
investigation discovers The Independent The Freedom of Information
Requests, sent out by the BBC, found 203 people were still driving despite
accumulating more than 18 points. India Divorcee has no right
to stay with in-laws: Rajasthan High Court Times of India Under the Right to
Information Act, they were informed that, at the stage of police
verification, it was found that criminal cases (s) were registered ... India RTI activist trying
to expose fraud in pvt schools stabbed Times of India Hyderabad: Seeking to know the
truth using the Right to Information (RTI) Act can prove costly, and
the latest to face this reality is Vakiti Madhubabu, ... India Information on ₹47 lakh payment to Virat
Kohli from disaster funds triggers row The Hindu In a reply to the Right to
Information (RTI) application filed by one Ajendra
Ajay, who is associated with the BJP, it was found that a payment of
Rs ... Pakistan The News on Sunday Over the last few years,
Pakistan has become more accepting of citizen's right to information,
and provinces have come up with their respective laws. Sri Lanka Illegal fishing: The
Sunday Times invokes RTI law to get to the bottom The Sunday Times Sri Lanka ... which ultimately cost Sri
Lanka a ban on exports, the first application by the Sunday Times under the
new India RTI query turns a
nightmare for BSF constable The Hindu An attempt to seek information
under the Right to Information Act has become a nightmare for Shibin Thomas, a BSF constable, hailing from ... India Former bureaucrat
appointed Jammu & Kashmir CIC The Indian Express The State Information
Commission was set up by the state government under the provisions of Jammu
and Kashmir Right to Information Act in ... Israel New bill aims to
charge left-wing NGOs to access public information The Times of Israel In a letter to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, the Movement for the Freedom of Information,
a group that works to implement the Freedom of ... Pakistan The News on Sunday The limitations on
constitutional freedom of information must be used sparingly and only
where the harm caused by disclosure of information ... Nepal KUKL refuses to
respond to RTI petition Republica ... Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani Limited
(KUKL) has refused to respond to a Right to Information (RTI) petition
seeking complete information on the ... |
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