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Right to information and privacy 'two sides of the same coin'
Sep 26, 2013

Right to information and privacy 'two sides of the same coin'

India does not have a privacy law in place right now, although what should be in the law has attracted considerable debate. Therefore, the contours of privacy in the RTI gambit have resulted from various decisions and court orders given over the years.

Right to information is central to personal data protection
Dec 08, 2022

Right to information is central to personal data protection

The absence of oversight mechanisms to curtail misuse of technologies by the State carry big risks for the citizens

Right to Information: Transparency, governance and democracy
Aug 06, 2019

Right to Information: Transparency, governance and democracy

In an age of extremism, terror, global information flows and communication manipulation, subversive international forces seek subtle ways to undermine

Amended RTI Act: What is at stake?
Jul 29, 2019

Amended RTI Act: What is at stake?

The amended RTI Act has hit at citizens’ rights and have strengthened hands of the government of the day.

Democracy summit: How India should approach
Dec 09, 2021

Democracy summit: How India should approach

Despite several democracy watchdogs calling India as a backsliding democracy, the vibrant democratic practices conducted in India would say otherwise

Nepal:  Media rights violations and impunity
Feb 01, 2013

Nepal: Media rights violations and impunity

There has been an overall decline in the freedom of press and right to information in Nepal. Although the political actors have long upheld the peoples' right to information, media is faced with harsh situations on ground with political party cadres, especially the Maoists, resorting to violence and other intimidation tactics against the journalists to suppress free press.