SL to mark International Right to Information Day

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The International Day for the Universal Access to Information, commonly called the Access to Information Day, better known in Sri Lanka as Right to Information is marked today.

Sri Lanka gained the 4th spot on the annual list of global freedom-of-information rankings published by the Centre for Law and Democracy and human rights organization Access Info Europe that was released to mark the International Right to Know Day in 2018.

The Right to Information Act was established in Sri Lanka on the 4th of August 2016.

During the past three years since its establishment the Right to Information Commission has received 32,964 applications for information.

The government noted that all applications have been responded too.