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A newsletter containing news, views, articles, investigative stories in the field of |
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Right
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Issue No: 117 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 09-03-2016 |
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India Law students succeed
in getting Delhi High Court RTI Rules amended Bar & Bench When the matter came up for
hearing last month, the bench noted that a committee dealing with issues
related to right to information had already ... UK FOI request reveals
\A346 million agency wage bill at Northants County Council Northamptonshire Telegraph A Freedom of Information
request has revealed Northamptonshire County Council has spent \A346 million
hiring agency staff over the UK More than 85% of
public tips on benefit 'frauds' are false The Guardian A freedom of information
request to the Department for Work and Pensions discloses that between 2010
and 2015 the government closed 1,041,219 ... UK 216 cases of child
sexual exploitation reported in Cambridgeshire from April 2013 to March 2015 Cambs Times The startling figures come from
a Freedom of Information request, asking Cambridgeshire County Council
how many cases of child exploitation they ... Pakistan Countering the
secrecy narrative The Express Tribune Information commissions
established under the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information
Act of 2013 and the Punjab Transparency and Right to ... Malta 'No' to 38% of
requests for information Times of Malta Thirty-eight per cent of the
requests for information submitted in terms of the Freedom of Information
Act since March 2013 have not been accepted. UK Thousands of NHS
doctor and nursing posts are vacant ... per cent and open positions
for doctors had risen by 60 per cent, the figures obtained by the BBC under a
Freedom of Information UK Review decides not to
change Freedom of Information Act The Guardian ... added Maurice Frankel,
director of the campaign, which works for the strengthening of the FOI act
and advises the public on their right to information. Nigeria Nigeria: Court Orders
Govt to Publish Details of Recovered Loots The judgment was sequel to a Freedom
of Information suit brought by a group, Socio-Economic Rights and
Accountability India Gold smugglers across
India caught but not convicted Times of India ... a Right To Information
(RTI) collected by TOI has revealed that only nine out of 1,408 persons have
been convicted of smuggling the precious metal ... Pakistan Right to information and superior
judiciary The News on Sunday It is largely believed that the
constitutional right to information was accorded when Article 19-A was
inserted into the constitution UK British government
suppressing key documents on allegations of UK collusion in torture and
rendition The Independent ... under freedom of
information legislation. The group asked the State Department to supply
files on \93the circumstances and extent of participation in ... UK Outrage over charity
chief's 'complicity' in bid to limit voluntary sector lobbying The Guardian Documents released under the Freedom
of Information Act reveal that William Shawcross urged a trustee on his
commission to meet India FIR against Allahabad
man for tampering with RTI reply Hindustan Times ... which he stated that the
CRPF was exempted from providing such information under section 24(1) of
chapter 6 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. India Greens up in arms
against renewal of quarry permits The Hindu In reply to an application
given under the Right to Information Act, the district geologist has
informed an applicant that the licence of quarries which had ... Pakistan Withholding answers:
PIO at district health office issued show-cause notice The Express Tribune PESHAWAR: The Right to
Information (RTI) Commission issued a show-cause notice to the public
information officer (PIO) at the city district health ... India BJP minister 'forged'
dead man's sign to sell off land in Akola Mumbai Mirror The documents, accessed through
the Right to Information Act, show that Patil had signed the land
transfer form along with the original seller, ... Sri Lanka Sad News: Presenting
of Right to Information Bill put off Sri Lanka Guardian ( March 8, 2016, Colombo, Sri
Lanka Guardian) The government has postponed the presenting of the
much-awaited Right to Information Act to ... India NIC 'one of the best'
Information Commissions The Statesman With merely 0.7 per cent of the
Right To Information (RTI) applications being rejected, the Nagaland
Information Commission (NIC) has been rated as ... Ireland Dying
man suffered vile abuse at hands of carer Irish
Independent Complaint
records released under freedom of information rules indicate
significant issues remain in some nursing homes, despite a UK Car smoking ban farce
as Met nets no prosecutions Figures obtained under the Freedom
of Information Act reveal that the Metropolitan Police Force has not
issued a single fine since the law came into ... Pakistan RTI law: KP Assembly
urged to pass amendments The Express Tribune ... has urged the
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to pass amendments proposed to right to
information act, stated a press release issued on Tuesday. India Rs 5 a day: MP widow
pension not even enough to buy a cup of tea The Siasat Daily As a response under Right to
Information Act, the Union government stated that it has not received
recommendations from any state government for ... |
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