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الوصول إلى المعلومات: فعل جماعيّ، أصوات جماعيّة

14 October 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Miscellaneous, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

استخدمت فروع الشفافية الدولية في الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا والمنظمات الشريكة اليومَ العالمي للحق في المعرفة لمطالبة الحكومات بوضع موضوع الوصول إلى المعلومات على قمة  أجندتها السياسية. إننا نطالب بقوانين شاملة للوصول إلى المعلومات في البلاد التي لا توجد فيها مثل هذه القوانين، وننادي على نطاق أوسع بتطبيق أكبر في البلاد التي توجد فيها القوانين بما يمكّن […]

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Access to information: collective action; collective voices

13 October 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Asset recovery, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Transparency International chapters and partner organisations used the International Right to Know day to petition governments to put access to information high on the political agenda. We are calling for comprehensive access to information laws in countries where there are none and for greater implementation where laws exist […]

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Money up in the air? Corruption in Yemen’s gas sector

13 February 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Impunity, Oil and gas, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Hundreds of Yemenis protested on the streets of Sanaa against the government’s ongoing negotiations with French oil company Total about the pricing of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is one of the main sources of the country’s wealth. Protestors claimed that Yemenis have lost hundreds of millions of dollars of potential earnings from the country’s […]

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Knowledge empowers: A Palestinian’s quest for transparency

20 September 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East

You have the right to know! You have the right to ask questions and for public officials to answer your enquiry. Unfortunately, Palestine till now does not have an access to information law. This blog post is part of a series drawing on articles from the forthcoming project It Belongs to You: Public Information in […]

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Moroccan whistleblowers: The public’s conscience

19 September 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East, Whistleblowing

For most of us, changing corrupt dealings we experience every day remains insurmountable. We are often afraid what will happen to us if we do report corruption. Those who do come forward often bear great personal risks. That is why the UN Convention against Corruption, which our kingdom has ratified, affords whistleblowers a special status […]

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Egypt: A new diagnosis for an old illness

18 September 2013 in Access to information, Africa and Middle East, Health, Miscellaneous, People power

This blog post is part of a series drawing on articles from the forthcoming project It Belongs to You: Public Information in the Middle East and North Africa. Behind the imposing edifice of the shiny Egyptian World Trade Centre on the corniche in Cairo lies the decrepit hospital of Boulaq Abu Ela. A rubbish heap […]

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