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Sri Lanka’s RTI report card: fair, but can be better
The International Day for the Universal Access to Information (also known as the World Right to Know Day) is observed every year on September 28. This provides Sri Lanka an opportunity to take stock of how its Right to Information (RTI) law is working. It was in June 2016 that Sri Lanka became the 108th country in the world to pass a law that allows citizens to demand...
23 September, 2018
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