New articles from 2013 Over 100 groups call on US govt to end mass surveillance of web users The Times of India | 19/12/2013English - Over 100 civil society groups from across the world joined individuals leaders and thinkers, including Aruna Roy and Tim Berners-Lee, in asking the US government to end mass surveillance of the web users. Read more... Activists, civil society groups call for overhaul of governments' privacy laws South China Morning Post | 19/12/2013English - Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has teamed up with more than 100 civil society groups and leading activists

News articles from 2012 Lobbying and transparency: pressuring the European Union Global Voices | 15/12/2012English-Various NGOs, like Access Info Europe, HAI, Environmental Service Law and Spinwatch, decided to raise awareness of the need to control lobbying through the EU Citizens Project. This allowed more than 40 European citizens, committed to transparency, to travel to Belgium in order to discover the framework of the European Institutions, to meet with European officials and to reflect about problems generated by lobbying. The central event was the conference Participation, Ethics and Transparency: What the Citizens Want from Brussels, on November 16th. Read more... Access

News Articles from 2011 Rendition information not released by European nations New Europe Online | 29/12/2011English - Two human rights organisations, London based Reprieve and the Spanish Access Info Europe, have complained that the majority of 28 nations, mostly European, have refused to release flight traffic information on CIA rendition flights. The data could help track the routes that the planes took. Read more... ¿Cuánto cuestan los viajes del presidente del Tribunal Constitucional? El País | 28/12/2011 Spanish - España carece, junto a Malta, Chipre o Luxemburgo –con secreto bancario-, de una Ley de transparencia, la norma que obliga a

News Articles from 2010 El derecho a la información diplomáticaEl País | 7/12/10Spanish - Hasta que los Gobiernos no apliquen las reglas adecuadas de transparencia e informen a la sociedad sobre lo que hacen con los poderes y el dinero público, las filtraciones seguirán existiendo. Read more... Freedom of Information ToolkitsJournalism.co.uk | 06/12/10English - A great set of advices and tools from Legal Leaks on how journalists can get access to information and legislation in different countries. Access Info Rating Methodology assessed in legal journalCroatian Law Review | -/12/10 Croatian/(English) - The author states the indicators that are encompassed by

News Articles from 2008 Report claims right of access to information is not fully recognisedstatewatch.org | 03/11/08English - In October 2008, Access Info Europe published a report on access to information requests filed in Spain, in relation to Spanish law and the practices of public administrations, and to a set of principles drawn from international standards. It argues that the right of access to public information is "precariously" regulated in Spain, with "defects and gaps" that represent real obstacles for citizens to know "what public administrations do with their money" or how decisions that affect them are made. Read more...

News Articles from 2007 España sigue sin tener una Ley de Acceso a la Información públicaConsumers International and Sector Humano | 02/10/07Spanish - Con ocasión del Día Internacional del derecho a Saber, quince ONG españolas denuncian que el gobierno no ha cumplido su promesa electoral de adoptar una ley de acceso a la información pública que garantice la transparencia del gobierno y de todas las administraciones públicas y que se encuentre al nivel de las que ya existen en la mayoría de los países de la Unión Europea. Read more... Quince organizaciones exigen al Gobierno que cumpla su promesa electoral

News Articles from 2006 Freedom of info: More than a paper rightLocal Governance Brief | 01/07/06English -  Freedom of information is vital to keeping finances open FOI laws have become the norm worldwide, but their inconsistent execution requires vigilance from tax payers and civil society. Read more... Info Commissioners Meet in Manchesterfreedominfo.org | 31/05/06English - Delegates from more than 40 countries participated this month in the 4th International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC), which took place in Manchester, United Kingdom, on May 22nd and May 23rd, hosted by the U.K. Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas. Read more... Access to Information; the

News Articles from 2005 Derecho de acceso El País | 06/11/05Spanish - Las administraciones españolas, tanto la central como las autonómicas y locales, siguen siendo opacas. Cuando un ciudadano se dirige a ellas para obtener información, en dos de cada tres ocasiones recibe la callada por respuesta, el altivo e irrespetuoso silencio administrativo. Sólo en una de cada seis consultas obtiene la información requerida en un plazo razonable de tiempo. Read more... La Administración española, entre las que informan peor al ciudadano Cinco Días | 27/10/05 Spanish - Un ciudadano armenio tiene bastantes más posibilidades de que un organismo público