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Access Info Europe condemns police violence against the press during weekend protests in Spain
Madrid, 31 March 2014 – Various journalists were directly attacked by the police whilst covering a protest on Saturday 29 March 2014. The following video was filmed by journalists covering the protest, who soon became the target of police agression also: Access Info Europe today expressed concern that such attacks interfere directly with press freedom and the free flow of
Victoria Anderica reports on the lack of transparency around Spain’s migrant internment centres in ‘El Objetivo’
Madrid, 17 March 2014 - Victoria Anderica from Access Info Europe participated yesterday in the television programme 'El Objetivo', in Spanish TV channel La Sexta, to talk about the lack of transparency surrounding migrant internment centres in Spain (Centros de Internamiento de Extranjeros, CIEs). "In Spain we haven’t been able to access information about the CIEs, and this makes it
Business Transparency
Businesses hold much information needed to combat corruption, to achieve tax justice, to identify influences on power, and to track those involved in human rights and environmental violations around the world. Access Info supports further efforts around Europe to expand transparency surrounding the activities of business, and we specifically campaign to increase access to company registers by using the right
Access Info Europe addresses Spanish Secretary of State José Luis Ayllón about Transparency Law
Madrid, 11 March 2014 – Today Access Info Europe and the Fundación Ciudadana Civio addressed the Spanish Secretary of State, José Luis Ayllón Manso, to find out about the current state and evolution of the Transparency, Access to Information and Good Governance Law, after its approval last December. The letter sent to Mr. Ayllón, signed by Helen Darbishire, Executive Director
El Gobierno incumple la ley y olvida aprobar el decreto del Consejo de Transparencia en plazo
Artículo publicado por Eva Belmonte en ‘El BOE nuestro de cada día’. Puedes leer su versión original aquí. Madrid, 10 de marzo de 2014 – El pasado 10 de diciembre el BOE recogía la Ley de transparencia, acceso a la información pública y buen gobierno, aprobada un día antes. En el texto se estableció que los apartados relativos a la
“Don’t go through the revolving door”, transparency campaigners tell EU Commissioners
“Don’t go through the revolving door”, transparency campaigners tell EU Commissioners Brussels, 10 March 2014 – European Commissioners have been reminded of the need to avoid conflicts of interest which undermine public trust in EU policy-making as they near the end of their term in office. The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) [1], of
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