TRANSPARENCY DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION BECOME MORE NECESSARY THAN EVER
EU urged to protect rule of law during coronavirus states of emergency
Madrid, 16 April 2020 – Access Info Europe today joined 80 MEPs and civil society organisations in calling on the European Union to address restrictions on the rule of law and human rights, including freedom of expression and information, being introduced via coronavirus pandemic emergency measures. In an open letter
Now more than ever: transparency and whistleblower protection
Madrid, 6 April 2020– Access Info Europe today joined leading transparency and anti-corruption organisations in calling on all public authorities to ensure and strengthen whistleblower protection during the state of emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Montenegro urged to halt public consultation on access to information law during the state of emergency
Madrid, 1 April 2020 – Access Info today joined 41 Montenegrin NGOs and 28 journalists in calling on the government of Montenegro to halt moves to weaken the Law on Free Access to Information in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter of concern sent to Montenegro’s Ministry
EU urged to condemn Hungary’s limits on freedom of expression and information as part of Coronavirus crisis emergency measures
Madrid, 30 March 2020 – Access Info has expressed serious concerns about the sweeping powers granted to Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orbán in a parliamentary vote approving indefinite rule by decree and jail terms for spreading misinformation. Access Info’s Director Helen Darbishire is one of the first signatories of a
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