Posts Tagged ‘rti advocacy’
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14 May 2012
Folk Songs Explain the RTI Law in Bangladesh
Sung to the tunes of traditional folk songs, new lyrics are being used to explain the right to information law in Bangladesh.
Days of secrecy are long gone,
Public officials are now under obligation,
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5 August 2011
Words From Mali Minister Encourage FOI Activists
Mali’s minister of communication has committed to support an action plan to promote the right to information in the country, according to a press release from the Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC) and the Mali Association of Human Rights…
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7 January 2011
FOI NOTES: Video From Mexico; Aid Transparency
Mexico: A new video documentary on FOI in Mexico has just been released, entitled ¿Qué Pasó con mi Dinero? / What happened to my Money?
Spanish version, here: http://www.fundar.org.mx/indicepresupuestoabierto2010/index.html
Version with English subtitles, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTZSt25if4E&feature=related
United States: The new U.S.… -
8 December 2010
Awareness of Kyrgyzstan Access Law Low, Study Finds
Kyrgyzstan’s population does not demand information from public officials and many weakness exist in the implementation of the access law, according to a recent report.
The findings and a series of recommendations are contained in a four-country study sponsored by… -
8 December 2010
Georgia Access Regime Needs Fixing, OSI says
A variety of legislative and administrative recommendations to remedy perceived weaknesses in Georgia’s access to information practices are made in a new report by the Open Society Institute.
The recommendations are an outgroeth of a four-country study in which requestors sought… -
8 December 2010
Improvements Suggested for Azerbaijan Access Law
Ideas for amending the Azerbaijan access to information law, for improving administration of the law and for enhancing proactive public access to information are among the recommendations contained in a new report.
Prepared by the Open Society Institute and its… -
8 December 2010
Ukrainian Access Law Needs Reform, OSI Report Says
Ukraine’s access to information regime needs strengthening in a variety of ways, according to a report by the Open Society Institute.
A series of recommendations are contained in a four-country study in which requestors sought information, with mixed success.
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9 November 2010
U.S., India Seek to Spread Transparency Experience
The United States and India this week announced a joint effort to export lessons from the Indian Right to Information experience.
President Obama Nov. 7 pledged “approximately” $1 million “to support the work of Indian civil society in sharing their… -
3 September 2010
Nigerian Legislator Blames Media for Holding Up FOI Bill
A key Nigerian legislator has indicated that passage of a Freedom of Information bill is conditional on the inclusion of provisions concerning media responsibility.
His position drew a rebuttal from groups supporting the long-stalled FOI bill.
Iyiola Omisore, chairman of… -
7 October 2009
Saber Mas: New Report on Access to Information in Latin America
Open government advocates offer first-hand accounts of FOI promotion in Latin America
Latin America’s leading open government advocates recently released a report, bringing together data from 17 countries and offering new findings on the status of freedom of information in… -
8 May 2009
Jimmy Carter Presses for Greater Access to Information in the Americas
Sao Paulo Gives Jimmy Carter Highest Award in Recognition of Human Rights
Former US President Jimmy Carter publicly pressed for widespread support for Brazil’s pending transparency law last week. The government has pledged to pass an access to information law… -
28 September 2008
International Right to Know Day 2008: Global Phenomenon Now Includes More Than 80 Countries
Washington, D.C., September 28, 2008 – Today’s celebration of International Right-to-Know Day marks a new watershed in the global reach of freedom of information laws – now on the books in more than 80 countries – and features celebrations in…
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17 July 2008
PAKISTAN: Access to Information Advocates Criticize Proposed Freedom of Information Bill
The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) this week held a consultation on the draft Freedom of Information Bill of 2008, which is likely to soon be tabled for consideration by the legislature. The CRCP, which has been working for…
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17 July 2008
NIGERIA: FOI Proposal Now the Oldest Unpassed Bill
The freedom of information bill brought before the Nigerian National Assembly in 1999 has now become the oldest unpassed legislation still pending before that body, according to the influential newspaper This Day. A July 14, 2008 article by Jude Igbanoi…
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30 June 2004
MKSS Photo Gallery
PHOTO GALLERY OF THE MKSS
Women resting in the tent put up by Jan Nithi Abhyan (JNA) and Akal Sangharsh Samithi (ASS) during a 10 day public meeting in the fall of 2003. The JNA was a campaign for a…
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30 June 2004
FILM: Right to Information
BACKGROUND NOTE ON THE DOCUMENTARY ON THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION MOVEMENT IN INDIA
The MKSS has had a series of films made to document various aspects of its work. The most successful campaign run by the MKSS was the Right…
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30 June 2004
The Right to Know is the Right to Live: Profile of a Remarkable Peoples’ Movement in India that Links Information to Livelihood
The pioneering right-to-information work of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) in India has won remarkable victories in the struggle against corruption, both at the village and national levels, according to the latest case study posted today by the freedominfo.org…
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27 July 2002
Japan – Breaking Down the Walls of Secrecy: The Story of the Citizen’s Movement for an Information Disclosure Law
By Information Clearinghouse Japan
A new national disclosure law took effect in Japan in April 2001. This essay by Information Clearinghouse Japan shows how citizen’s groups, opposition parties and freedom of information advocates had lobbied for such an act for 20… -
15 July 2002
World’s Right to Know
By Thomas Blanton
Published in Foreign Policy, July/August 2002
During the last decade, 26 countries have enacted new legislation giving their citizens access to government information. Why? Because the concept of freedom of information is evolving from a moral indictment…