Why Secrecy Around Lawmakers’ Wealth Threatens Pakistan’s Democracy Restrictions on public access to legislators’ asset declarations violate Article 19A and weaken transparency, accountability and trust in Pakistan’s democratic

Pakistan’s parliament moves to restrict public access to MPs’ assets, raising concerns over transparency, accountability, and trust in democracy.
By Dr. Ikramul Haq

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Mar-2026/...

#transparency #Article19A #righttoinformation #Pakistan #Accountability #IMF

Tas Ombudsman's Report on info released under RTI requests

🚨Note 2nd para of media release🚨

Under the Investigations heading here ⬇️
ombudsman.tas.gov.au/publications

#politas #righttoinformation #tasmania

GUEST SPEAKER : डॉ. तपन अग्निहोत्री जी ( राष्ट्रीय महामंत्री )
HOST : दीपक राना जी ( अध्यक्ष समाज कल्याण, कानपुर नगर )
RTI ACT :
शिक्षा का अधिकार भारत में बच्चों के लिए सबसे महत्वपूर्ण मौलिक अधिकारों में से एक है। यह न केवल एक कानून है, बल्कि हर बच्चे के सम्मानजनक और आत्मनिर्भर जीवन का आधार भी है।
#rti #rtiact2005 #mssoindia #education #righttoinformation #information

Transparency is not a favor - it's our right. Silence is not an option - it's a violation.
#RTI #RightToInformation #TCMC #TambaramCorporation #Accountability #Transparency #CitizenRights #GoodGovernance #Chennai #PublicAccountability

Structural barriers can push women out of RTI systems, especially in conflict-affected districts like #SriLanka. Read our analysis https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/the-gendered-dimensions-of-the-right-to-information-in-post-conflict-sri-lanka #HumanRights #HRRC #RightToInformation #GenderEquality

Structural barriers can push women out of RTI systems, especially in conflict-affected districts like #SriLanka.
Read our analysis www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/the-gen...
#HumanRights #HRRC #RightToInformation #GenderEquality

The greater disenfranchisement: SIR 2.0 is worse than Bihar If this looming disaster has not yet made headlines, it is because the information is scattered, staggered and shrouded. The repeated and state-wise extensions of the deadline by the ECI have ensured ...

Is India pioneering a new kind of #democracyexclusionary?

India's new category of #Indians, something like 12% of the eligible population:

born in #India, resident in India, but prevented from voting?

indianexpress.com/article/opin...

#democracy #india #MakeInIndia #freedom #righttoinformation

💔Commission of Inquiry Tas❤️

Guy Barnett media release 4/12
www.premier.tas.gov.au/latest-news/...

Application
osa.tas.gov.au/private-sess...

#childabuse #csa #abuse #righttoinformation #survivors

On this day of remembrance, our latest OGP Horizons blog explores how the #RightToInformation can ensure nuance and complexity in national memory, as an antidote to authoritarian control.

Learn more in the blog: https://bit.ly/horizons-memory

#ArmisticeDay #VeteransDay #OpenGov

A Growing Cancer of Intolerance: How Uganda’s Parliament Is Silencing the Press Uganda’s Parliament has blocked journalists from the Nation Media Group (NMG) from covering its proceedings a move that has sparked national and international concern about the growing erosion of…

#Uganda 🇺🇬 HRNJ-Uganda warns that the decision to ban @NationMediaGrp journalists from Parliament reflects a growing intolerance toward independent journalism and undermines the public’s #RightToInformation.

Welcome back to another episode of Feminism Fridays! This week we are celebrating: Aruna Roy #feminismfridays #activism #governmentcorruption #illustration #ArunaRoy TikTok video by Parkbench Creations

She left India's elite civil service to live in a village with no water.
Then showed the people to question their government.
Aruna Roy: The revolutionary who weaponized transparency.

Full story on #FeminismFridays:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5BuMCP/

#ArunaRoy #RightToInformation #GrassrootsFeminism

Modi Govt ‘Killed’ RTI, Says Congress on RTI’s 20th Anniversary - The Raisina Hills Jairam Ramesh warns that the Digital Personal Data Protection Act could be the ‘final death knell’ for RTI.

Jairam Ramesh warns that the Digital Personal Data Protection Act could be the ‘final death knell’ for RTI. @Jairam_Ramesh #righttoinformation theraisinahills.com/modi-govt-ki...

🎉 Join us in celebrating Right to Information Act Day 2025!

📍 Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka
🗓️ 22 September 2025
🕒 2:00 PM

An open event for all—let’s learn, share, and work together for a transparent & accountable society.✨
#RTIDay2025 #DhakaUniversity #RightToInformation

क्या प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी शिक्षित हैं? जानिए कोर्ट ने क्या कहा क्या प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी शिक्षित हैं? जानिए कोर्ट ने क्या कहा । मोदी किसी भी आधुनिक विषय पर एक शब्द भी नहीं बोल सकते।

🇮🇳 क्या प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी शिक्षित हैं? 🎓 जानिए कोर्ट ने क्या कहा ⚖️ राहुल गांधी ने कहा बिना #Teleprompter नरेंद्र मोदी एक शब्द नही बोल सकते. Watch video of Modi on Teleprompter.
RMN News: www.ramanmedianetwork.com/%e0%a4%95%e0...
#PMModi #DegreeRow #delhiuniversity #RightToInformation #DelhiHighCourt #IndianPolitics #RMNNews

Is PM Modi Educated? High Court Rules Against Disclosure of Prime Minister’s Degree Details - RMN News Is PM Modi Educated? High Court Rules Against Disclosure of Prime Minister's Degree Details RMN News Report Highlights: The Delhi High Court has ruled that Delhi University is not obligated to disclos...

Is PM Modi educated? 🎓 The Delhi High Court ⚖️ has ruled that... 🇮🇳 राहुल गांधी ने कहा बिना #Teleprompter नरेंद्र मोदी एक शब्द नही बोल सकते. Watch video of Modi on Teleprompter.
RMN News: rmnnews.com/2025/08/25/i...
#PMModi #DegreeRow #RightToInformation #DelhiHighCourt #IndianPolitics #RMNNews

Jang Epaper Lahore پنجاب میں صنفی بنیاد پر تشدد کے واقعات میں خطرناک حد تک اضافہ لاہور سسٹین ایبل سوشل ڈویلپمنٹ آرگنائزیشن نے سال 2024 کی پنجاب بھر میں صنفی بنیاد پر تشدد کے حوالے سے ضلعی تجزیہ رپورٹ جاری کر دی ہے، رپورٹ میں جنوری سے لے کر دسمبر 2024 تک پنجاب بھر کے اضلاع میں خو...

پنجاب میں صنفی بنیاد پر تشدد کے واقعات میں خطرناک حد تک اضافہ
e.jang.com.pk/detail/885103
#GenderBasedViolence #Punjab #WomenRights #JusticeReform #SSDO #RightToInformation #Accountability #LegalReform #PakistanNews #GenderEquality #DomesticViolence #HonorKilling #SexualAssault

غلط معلومات کے انسداد کی کوششوں کی تکمیل کیلئے اصلاحات ضروری ہیں

مزید پڑھیے: www.aaj.tv/news/30449453/

#AajNews #FAFEN #Transparency #RightToInformation #Punjab

Adv Harpreet Sandhu and Pooja Gupta Assume Charge as State Information Commissioners - Yes Punjab News Advocate Harpreet Sandhu and Mrs. Pooja Gupta take charge as Punjab's new State Information Commissioners, committed to enhancing transparency and accountability in governance.

Adv Harpreet Sandhu and Pooja Gupta Assume Charge as State Information Commissioners yespunjab.com?p=92659

#HarpreetSandhu #PoojaGupta #StateInformationCommissioners #PunjabNews #GovernmentAppointments #Transparency #RightToInformation #PublicService #BreakingNews #IndiaNews

SSDO Calls for Immediate Appointment of Civil Society Member to Pakistan Information Commission
#RightToInformation #InformationCommission #CivilSociety #Transparency #Accountability #OpenGovernment #AccessToInformation #CitizenEmpowerment #GoodGovernance #DataTransparency #FreedomOfInformation

سسٹین ایبل سوشل ڈویلپمنٹ آرگنائزیشن کی پاکستان انفارمیشن کمیشن میں سول سوسائٹی کے رکن کی نشست خالی رہنے پر تشویش کا اظہار سسٹین ایبل سوشل ڈویلپمنٹ آرگنائزیشن کی پاکستان انفارمیشن کمیشن میں سول سوسائٹی کے رکن کی نشست خالی رہنے پر تشویش کا اظہار

سسٹین ایبل سوشل ڈویلپمنٹ آرگنائزیشن کی پاکستان انفارمیشن کمیشن میں سول سوسائٹی کے رکن کی نشست خالی رہنے پر تشویش کا اظہار
urdu.app.com.pk/urdu/%d8%b3%...
#RightToInformation #InformationCommission #CivilSociety #Transparency #Accountability #OpenGovernment #AccessToInformation #CitizenEmpowerment

SSDO concerned over prolonged vacancy of Civil Society Member seat in PIC ISLAMABAD  -  The Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) has expressed deep concern over the prolonged vacancy of the Civil Society

SSDO concerned over prolonged vacancy of Civil Society Member seat in PIC
www.nation.com.pk/30-Jan-2025/...
#RightToInformation #InformationCommission #CivilSociety #Transparency #Accountability #OpenGovernment #AccessToInformation #CitizenEmpowerment #GoodGovernance #DataTransparency

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

#Kudos to @propublica.org for this helpful #tool!

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

#healthinsurance
#healthcare
#delay
#defend
#deny
#denial
#claims
#goandfindout
#propublica
#righttoinformation
#consumerrights
#healthcareforall
#universalhealthcare
#healthcareisahumanright
#humanrights

पत्रकारलाई धम्की दिने कार्य बन्द गर । जनताको सूचनाको हक सम्बन्धि अधिकारको रक्षा गर । प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको सम्मान गर । #Pressfreedom #Journalistssafety #righttoinformation #Nepal

Strategic evaluation of #righttoinformation laws’ ability to
facilitate effective transparency for today’s automated decisions.
To scrutinize systems used by governments, the public must know
they exist, the purposes they have been designed to achieve, & the
data they rely upon.

David Banisar's #righttoinformation laws map, updated for 2012 (now including island states): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm #transparency

Pls help me find egs of #video on #righttoinformation, & egs of #rti in use (use this form as many times as you like): http://bit.ly/4Am5yY