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Sent: 09 February 2005 21:41
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Subject: International openness advocates assist Slovakian reformers
freedominfo.org update - February 9, 2005
International openness advocates assist Slovakian reformers
Against government claim that EU directive protects "silent refusal"
http://www.freedominfo.org
Washington, D.C. - Freedom of information advocates in 10 countries plus the
U.S. state of New York today combined forces on-line within an elapsed time
of four hours to help Slovakian openness reformers refute a governmental
secrecy claim, according to a case study of the on-line networking posted
today by freedominfo.org.
Slovakian lawyer Peter Wilfing, with the Citizen and Democracy Association
in Bratislava, posted his request for help on the foiadvocates.net list at
6:57 a.m. on February 9; and within four hours the posting had circulated on
several related lists and Wilfing had received advice and legal precedents
from experts in South Africa, India, Canada, Israel, Hungary, Ireland,
Bulgaria, the U.S., Latvia, Germany, and the state of New York. The managing
editor of freedominfo.org, Thomas Blanton, said, "This is a remarkable
demonstration of the power of on-line networking in the digital age."
Click on the link below to read the full exchange:
http://www.freedominfo.org
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