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Ruhi Naz, Shamsul Bari, January  14, 2023

“Why do you people work on promoting RTI (Right to Information) when there are so many important tasks to do, like working with health issues, water and sanitation programmes, and so on? RTI is a high-thought activity to be undertaken by intellectuals. What would a marginalised person do by knowing this law?”

These angry questions were directed to an RTI worker by the deputy commissioner of a northern district of Bangladesh.

Another senior official once asked an RTI applicant: “What are you going to do with the information? Why do you want it? Who motivated you to show such a daring attitude? You are going to be in deep trouble if you keep seeking information from government officers.” Read More…