Pakistan
PIC warns of contempt as Senate declines info about its staff
The News
Going by Right of Access to Information Act 2017, the Senate Secretariat is legally obliged to proactively share this information relating staff through its website…
USA
Does the public have a right to see how courts are run? A battle over secret records is brewing in Richmond
Daily Press
Legislators from both parties, upset by the Virginia Supreme Court’s declaration last year that the state Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply…
Ireland
Supreme Court FOI ruling will alter public’s relationship with State
The Journal
Nine months after the demise of Irish transparency was first heralded, we are still waiting for the lights to go out…
Afghanistan
Samangan provincial authorities and media forge ties to improve access to information
Relief Web
More than 30 journalists and government officials, including the provincial deputy governor, participated in a one-day workshop organized…
Canada
Summerside working on access to information bylaw
Journal Pioneer
The regulations are very broad. Access to information can include records, any information electronic, handwritten and can be subject to an access to information request…
Scotland
Freedom of information law not fit for purpose
Holyrood
Scotland’s freedom of information law is not fit for purpose and MSPs must back “radical reforms” to create a strong culture of transparency and accountability…
Ghana
Media practitioners sensitised on the RTI Law
Ghana Web
Exempt information is one that bothers on national security, international relations, law enforcement and public safety, parliamentary privilege, fair trial and contempt of court amongst other…
India
No record available: PMO on RTI seeking details of PM Modi’s media interaction
India Today
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has no record of the press conferences and media interviews given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his more than five-year long tenure…
Nigeria
The Nigerian Voice
The Nigerian Voice
The suit was filed on behalf of Ms Ovuorie by Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Agu David Nwaze, a member of the Freedom of Information Legal Response Network…
Australia
RTI for post codes of northern prison sites denied
The Examiner
The location of other potential sites for the proposed northern prison has still not been revealed, despite right to information requests…
United Kingdom
Freedom of Information is broken
Open Democracy
The government routinely ignores and undermines the law governing our access to information…
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