Right To Know Day, 2010: 5 Billion Now Have Right To Information (from Sept 29th)
Right To Know Day, 2010: 5 Billion Now Have Right To Information
By AI India
Created 09/29/2010 - 4:52pm
Over 90 countries representing nearly five billion people have now adopted laws or national regulations on RTI. However, over half the countries of the world have not yet adopted RTI laws and many that have done so have failed to implement them adequately. There have also been efforts in several countries to weaken laws.
ARTICLE 19 offices and staff are participating in events in eight countries including Bangladesh, Kenya and Mexico to celebrate Right to Know Day 2010 , and have issued a statement of some of the RTI advances and setbacks over the year:
FULL ARTICLE: http://www.accountabilityindia.in/print/1628
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