
In the last decade, 26 countries have enacted formal statutes guaranteeing their citizens' right of access to government information. Now freedom of information advocates have a global internet link: freedominfo.org [5], a virtual network that offers summaries of existing laws governing access to information in 45 countries, along with current news and analysis.
Links:
[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/13916/sheldon-rampton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/democracy
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/secrecy
[4] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2002%2F07%2F1295%2Ffree-info&linkname=Free%20the%20Info
[5] http://www.freedominfo.org/