Cambodia
Access to Information bill falls short
Cambodia Daily
While the Cambodian government’s efforts to facilitate access to information held by public authorities are positive, the Draft Law has numerous shortcomings…
Pakistan
Body set up to address media problems
Dawn
Speaking to the media outside the Parliament House, the special assistant said an information commission had already been established and the government…
Bangladesh
Law needs RTI-defenders
The Daily Star
Unless citizens appreciate the dangers confronting their RTI regimes seriously, the law is likely to end up as a paper tiger…
Jammu and Kashmir
RTI ‘designates’ (PIOs) in J&K UT clueless about road-ahead
State Times
This became evident when the Public Information Officer (PIO) in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Jammu found himself in quandary whether to entertain applications under the Act or not…
Pakistan
Govt believes in free flow of information
Radio Pakistan
Government is providing financial assistance to the deceased journalists’ families in education and healthcare…
Philippines
Palace urges Congress to pass FOI bill
Asian Journal
Freedom of Information must be implemented across the bureaucracy: the executive, legislature, judiciary, including the local government units…
India
Abuse of RTI has led to paralysis and fear among officials
The Hindu
Time has come to lay down guidelines on the use of the RTI. Guidelines should be put in place to check the locus of the RTI applicant…
USA
Access to information fuels democracy
SC Times
If there is no difference between fact and fiction there can be no democracy. But 2+2 does equal 4 and we know it, so why behave like monkeys on a rope…
Jamaica
Information in the public interest
Jamaica Observer
The fact is that the squabbles over getting information released under the ATI Act are often related to juicy or potentially controversial information…
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