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Институт Развития Свободы Информации
The Institute for Information Freedom Development
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27.08.2008 News
Experts explain how can a website be recognized or not be recognized as a mass media resource. Today, laws neither forbid nor restrict possibilities for voluntary registration of a website as a media resource upon an application of its owner
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27.08.2008 News
Amur Oblast: according to the law on official statistical accounting and state statistics system, regional statistical information is published online at http://www.stat.amur.ru. Experts are also working with the E-Russia program
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27.08.2008 News
Israel: Eli Pollak, Chair of the Association for Information Freedom, demands discussion of a new draft law on state TV and radio. He considers the bill “infamous”: it requires no public representation in the governmental, i.e. public, TV and radio
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27.08.2008 News
Kyrgyzstan: six heads of local municipalities of the Chuya district (Chuya Oblast) come before the court. They are accused of violating the law on access to information maintained by governmental and local self-governance agencies
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26.08.2008 News
Israel: access to information on strategic pipelines is fully open – anyone can learn where pipes are going on the website of the department of land resources. Officials are afraid that such openness can damage state security
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26.08.2008 News
Kazakhstan: justice agencies involve citizens and NGOs into activities aimed to increase transparency of the domestic ministry of justice. Public participation in decision-making is an important sign of civil society presence in the country
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26.08.2008 News
Kyrgyzstan: 3 months after the law “On TV and Radio Broadcasting” was passed, no one electronic media resource observes it. Control is more strict, and the newly introduces restrictions can lead many media to shutdown
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26.08.2008 News
The Moscow district military court is examining an application of relatives of Polish officers shot in Katyn in 1940 against termination of the criminal case upon murder of war prisoners. State secrecy covers this closed court trial on a closed case
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26.08.2008 News
Model regulations concerning reception desks of courts are under development in Arkhangelsk, Bryansk, Kaliningrad, and Vladimir Oblasts, as well as in St.-Petersburg. Will a citizen soon not have to stand in queues thinking how to fill a form?
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26.08.2008 News
Russian legislation officially declares almost all information (except state secrets) as open. But really, it is not so. One is unable to get data not only on incomes of top officials, but even on number of officials
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The Institute for Information Freedom Development (IIFD) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that conducts research on the theoretical and practical aspects ensuring the rights of citizens and organizations to access information. Thus, its activities are aimed at investigating, identifying, and solving problems of access to socially significant information in Russia. Since 2004, the Institute has been employing a dual approach of monitoring governmental agency websites for content, and litigating on behalf of citizens against government agencies to ensure access to information guaranteed under the law. Detailed reports about the Institute’s activities can be found within the website subsection “What We Do” in the section “About Us”.
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