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India
A 65 LS member, 29 RS members yet to declare assets, reveals RTI
India TV
Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four recently came to the house through by-elections..

Pakistan
Over Rs1 billion spent on KP Ehtesab commission in four years
DAWN
Details obtained under the KP Right to Information Act, 2013 show that provincial finance department released Rs1.056 billion to KPEC till May 2018..

England
Home Office takes years to answer information requests
BBC
There have been 192 freedom of information cases which the Home Office has taken longer than a year to answer in the past three years

Bangladesh
Of political parties, general elections and RTI in Bangladesh
Daily Star
RTI law allows citizens to seek information from government and public bodies on matters relating to their functions…

US
US rejects request for information on Idaho wolf attacks
IDAHO STATE JOURNAL
Investigations into livestock deaths in Idaho blamed on wolves don’t have to be made public, the U.S. government says..

India
An RTI salute to Kuldip Nayar
National Herald
His contribution to the RTI movement is perhaps the lesser known of his many contributions as a journalist….

Pakistan
Government to appoint an information commission soon: Barrister Wahab Murtaza
Daily Times
Government of Sindh was soon going to form an Information Commission in order to ensure that every citizen had the right to information.

Srilanka
RTI law allows citizens to seek information from government and public bodies on matters relating to their functions.
Daily Mirror
This is not what we assumed. These private institutions had not even appointed an RTI officer…