Right to Know Day 2009

International Right to Know Day on 28 September 2009 will be celebrated by civil society organizations from around the world. Below you can find further information on activities in different countries and their organisers.

Right to know day 2009-breakdown

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This year at least 5 continents participated in Right to Know day. The day was marked by the launching of a documentary in Bulgaria, of the first transparency fair in Mexico and the stimulation of debate all over the world about transparency and freedom of information.

Right, Cover of Right to Know Day Documentary from Access to Information Programme Bulgaria.Below, Participants of the first transparency fair, Mexico,organised by Cultura Ecológica.

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This year we also found that Right to Know Day has grown beyond its original circles of Freedom of Information Advocates and is being celebrated not just by the FOIAnet and its members but also a diverse spread of people working on freedom of information around the world. We found out about right to know weeks being hel gua_that_appeared_in_the_venezuelan_press_RTKD_2009

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d around the world, including by the Information commissioner‘s office in the Cayman Islands. Journalists also took up on the issue the opportunity to celebrate Right to Know day being particularly embraced by newspapers in Venezuela, including this one, El Nacional, which produced its own guide on how to make freedom of information requests. There was also particular news coverage in Pakistan where Right to Know Day was celebrated by the Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives.

Left: El Nacional, 28/10/2010, Venezuela, guide to making a freedom of information request.

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Below, right to know day cartoon and information from Serbia from Serbian Information Commission.

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Above, debating on Right to Know Day 2009 in Georgia, below the right to know day poster translated into Georgian and event held by the Georgian Young Lawyer´s Association

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Last Updated ( Friday, 30 October 2009 15:58 )

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