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Governments Do What's Best for Us When They're Being Watched By a Free Press

Our representatives are meant to act in our best interests. When politicians know that they have to face independent journalists asking them to explain their decisions, they're more likely to make choices that put our well-being first.

Free Media , #humanrightsundercorona , free press , access to information
April 13, 2020 • LibertiesEU
Protecting Free Media During Covid-19

​Access to information is never more important than during public health emergencies.

health , Free Media , access to information
April 13, 2020 • LibertiesEU
Ongoing Trilogue Documents Must Be Public, EU Court Rules

EU transparency has achieved an important victory at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The court ruled on 22 March that the European Parliament (EP) must in principle grant access, on specific request, to documents...

European Court of Justice , Curia , transparency , access to information
March 22, 2018 • LibertiesEU
EU Ombudsman Announces ‘Fast-Track’ Complaint Procedure for Documents

The European ombudsman has launched “fast-track” access to public documents driven by demand from individuals or organisations that urgently need to view certain documents. The fast-track procedure for handling these...

European Ombudsman , transparency , access to information
February 21, 2018 • LibertiesEU
#InformaciónEnPeligro: A Campaign Against Restrictions on Access to Information in Spain

Fundación Civio is appealing to the Supreme Court against a judicial interpretation of the Law on Transparency that is not conceived in the law itself and that implies a serious regression in citizens’ right to access public information.

Spain , access to information , citizens' rights
February 02, 2018 • Rights International Spain
#MeAndMyRights: Infobesity - Why Mass Surveillance Is Useless Against Terrorism

Mass surveillance is ineffective because it weighs down security services with so much information that it's impossible for analysts to identify what is important or relevant.

access to information , Free Speech , #MeAndMyRights
November 17, 2017 • LibertiesEU
The Right to Information Is a Human Right, Strasbourg Rules

Hungarian authorities erred when they refused to provide a human rights NGO access to information – an essential part of freedom of expression – about the employment of pro deo lawyers.

article 10 , ECHR , ECtHR , Hungary , freedom of expression , Privacy , pro deo lawyers , access to information
January 27, 2017 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Italy's 2016 Agenda: Let's Talk About Transparency

Here's what needs to be done in 2016 to adequately address the problem of corruption and guarantee more and more transparency in Italy.

transparency , Fighting Corruption , Transparency International Italia , Italian Coalition for Civil Rights and Freedoms , Associazione Antigone , Diritto di Sapere , Hermes Center for Digital Human Rights , Financial Integrity , Whistleblowing , access to information , FOIA , FOIA4Italy , lobbying
January 06, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Bulgaria's Security Agency Ordered to Hand Over Info to Civil Society

The national security service has been ordered to hand over statistics it claimed was classified after a court's decision that the information does not compromise state secrets.

Bulgaria , SANS , BHC , Bulgarian Helsinki Committee , intelligence , Secret Services , access to information , Supreme Administrative Court
December 08, 2015 • Bulgarian Helsinki Committee
Poland's Problematic Return Procedure

No access to case files for migrants or their lawyers, foreign children being placed in guarded centers and sending Syrians back to Greece are the key problems of Poland's migrant return procedure. A big obstacle for...

Poland , migrants , refugees , asylum seekers , Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , return procedure , access to information , security , justice
August 07, 2015 • Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
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