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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: 127 |
E - Alert |
Issue Date: 30-09-2016 |
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India When Punjab govt bypassed CLP leader in picking 7 RTS panel commissioners Hindustan Times ... of two members of the
Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) and two information commissioners of the
Right to Information Commission. Philippines Senate to scrutinize FOI exceptions The Manila Times Senate Bill 159 or An Act
Implementing the People's Right to Information and the Constitutional
Policies of Full Public Disclosure and Honesty in the ... UK Does 'the right to be forgotten' ruling threaten our right to know? The Guardian But the right to be
forgotten (a right to privacy) clashes with another key right: the right to
know (plus freedom of speech, freedom of information and ... India No financial help to 4 lakh students from minority communities in 2015-16: RTI reply The Indian Express According to a response to a
Right to Information (RTI) plea by activist Razaullah Khan, the state
should have received 7,17,896 applications for ... India 2000 govt organisations to accept online RTI applications Deccan Chronicle New Delhi: Around 2,000
Central government organisations will soon be accepting applications under
the Right to Information (RTI) Act through ... India Official refuses RTI information 24 times, fined Rs 2.29 lakh Deccan Herald An official has been fined a
staggering Rs 2.29 lakh for failing to give information under the Right To
Information (RTI) Act in 24 separate instances. USA Resident: Commission should stop texting, emailing while meeting Florida
Today ...
therefore, the public has no way to know of communications or records which
should be available through a Freedom of Information Act request. India Mumbai Man Demands to Know if India is Prepared for Zombies, Alien Invasion Sputnik International Ajay Kumar claims that his
real motive in making a Right to Information Act request to assess
India's zombie and alien-fighting skills was to draw the ... India Bombay HC concerned over 17000 deaths due to malnutrition in Maharashtra The Indian Express One of the petitioners
showed the court a reply received through the Right to Information
(RTI) Act which said over 17,000 persons, including women ... UK UK nuclear weapons convoys 'have had 180 mishaps in 16 years' The Guardian The incidents catalogued in
the report – based on official logs released under the Freedom of
Information Act – include fuel leaks, overheated engines ... Consider making attendance details of Tamil Nadu assembly members public, info panel suggests Times of India ... information officer
(PIO) of the assembly had informed the TNSIC that these details could not be
disclosed in a Right to Information (RTI) petition as it ... Pakistan FIA ordered to provide details of enquiries to petitioner The News International This correspondent had filed
a request under Right to Information Act 2002 and sought year-wise
details of total number of enquiries and cases ... Pakistan Journalist, lawyer get RTI Champion Award 2016 Geo's Azaz Syed honoured The News International The CRTI in partnership with
the Center for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) honors
two individuals each year who exercise their right to ... India India fourth on Right to Information list Economic Times NEW DELHI: India has ranked
fourth in a worldwide comparative assessment of national legal frameworks for
right to information, slipping a rank as ... Bangladesh The Daily Star As we observe International Right
to Information Day, it is pleasing to know that 76,043 people have sought
information from different organisations ... Pakistan Right to Information Law was need of time: Chandio Pakistan Observer karachi —The Advisor to CM
Sindh for Information Moula Bux Chandio while addressing at a conference on
“Provincial Rights to Information Laws: ... Pakistan Right to Information and freedom of speech The Express Tribune The significance of correlation
between the right to information and freedom of expression in
protecting and promoting basic human rights can hardly ... Canada Nova Scotia changes Freedom Of Information, requests to be made online In the new year, citizens
and journalists will be able to make Freedom of Information and
Protection of Requests online, the province said in a news ... Northern Ireland Revealed: Which Northern Ireland bus lane camera raised £1m in fines in 15 months? Belfast Telegraph The figures were released by
the Department for Infrastructure after a Freedom of Information
request by the Belfast Telegraph. Bus lanes were ... USA Michigan House passes bills expanding state's Freedom of Information Act The Peninsula The Michigan State House of
Representatives passed House Bills 5469-5478 on Wednesday to expand and
strengthen the state's existing Freedom ... Pakistan Right to information law as necessary as right to Business Recorder (press
release) (registration) (blog) ISLAMABAD: Minister for
Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid said
on Monday right to information (RTI) law was ... Pakistan Journalist, lawyer get RTI Champion Award 2016 Geo's Azaz Syed honoured The News International ISLAMABAD: The Coalition of Right
to Information (CRTI) Monday conferred RTI Champion Award on Geo TV
correspondent Azaz Syed in recognition ... UK Father of soldier murdered in Iraq blasts Government for hounding troops but failing to find his ... After a request under the Freedom
of Information Act, Mr Miller obtained witness statements taken shortly
after the Red Caps were killed in June 2003. India Why I filed an RTI query about our government's preparedness for a zombie invasion Firstpost Which brings me to the
subject to the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI) and the RTI
request that I filed with the Ministry of Home Affairs in March last ... Australia Australian Tax Office claim FOI website Right to Know 'clutters the internet' The Sydney Morning Herald The Australian Tax Office
has escalated a row with a website that facilitates freedom of information
requests, claiming it "clutters the internet". UK Fertility treatment on NHS hit 12 year low as cash-strapped hospitals ration Daily Mail But figures obtained by the
charity from Freedom of Information requests show just 17 per cent
provide these cycles. This is the lowest number since ... USA Cost of Clinton-Obama Air Force One flight disclosed CNBC For every hour Air Force One
is in flight, it costs $206,337, according to a Freedom of Information
Act letter obtained by the nonprofit Judicial Watch. |
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