newyorklily
11-18-2011, 10:49 PM
The Associated Press has conducted a study on how countries comply with their own right-to-know laws. Their findings include:
[*=left]Only 14 countries answered in full within their legal deadline. Another 38 countries eventually answered most questions.
[*=left] Newer democracies were in general more responsive than some developed ones. Guatemala sent all documents in 10 days, and Turkey in seven. By comparison, Canada asked for a 200-day extension, and the FBI in the United States responded six months late with a single sheet with four dates, two words and a large blanked section.
[*=left] More than half the countries did not release anything, and three out of 10 did not even acknowledge the request
You can read more about it here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=142433741
[*=left]Only 14 countries answered in full within their legal deadline. Another 38 countries eventually answered most questions.
[*=left] Newer democracies were in general more responsive than some developed ones. Guatemala sent all documents in 10 days, and Turkey in seven. By comparison, Canada asked for a 200-day extension, and the FBI in the United States responded six months late with a single sheet with four dates, two words and a large blanked section.
[*=left] More than half the countries did not release anything, and three out of 10 did not even acknowledge the request
You can read more about it here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=142433741