Egypt: A report by Angella Migally for the Egyptian American Rule of Law Association focuses on freedom of information laws “from a uniquely Egyptian perspective.” The report describes international best practices “in an attempt to provide a resource to those working on rule of law reform and specifically freedom of information laws in Egypt.
West Africa: Article 19 summarizes recent developments in West Africa concerning freedom of expression in 2011, including FOI.
Australia: The Australian publication The Age reports in an article by Philip Dorling that “the Federal Labor Government’s freedom of information reforms have stalled with departments spending thirteen times more money on high performance shredding machines than they are training public servants to handle requests for information from the public. A review of published government contracts by The Age has revealed that government agencies spent close to $10 million on new shredding machines over the past three years.”
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