Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman calls move unethical and contrary to the Right to Information Act<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman has accused the government of removing key state decisions and information published in websites during the tenure of the interim government.
He made the remarks today at a press conference organised by the RTI Forum at the TIB office in Dhaka. The event was titled \u201cImmediate Formation of the Information Commission and Necessary Amendments to the Right to Information Act 2009\u201d.
Iftekharuzzaman said many important decisions and pieces of information have been taken down from government websites.The current government is responsible for this. They cannot do this,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cIt is unethical, contrary to the right to information, and against state interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said citizens have the right to access information regardless of whether it reflects positively or negatively on the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople have the right to know all information, whether it is right or wrong, motivated, in the interest of the state or against it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Calling on the authorities to review the matter, he added: \u201cI request the state and the government to consider how logical this removal is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked for examples, Iftekharuzzaman said decisions related to the Prime Minister\u2019s Office and the Chief Adviser\u2019s Office were among those no longer available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMany of those decisions and information have been removed and cannot be found,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman calls move unethical and contrary to the Right to Information Act Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman has accused the government of removing key state decisions and information published in websites during the tenure of the interim government.He made the remarks today at a press conference organised by the RTI Forum at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh"],"yoast_head":"\n