Shining light into Government

Freedom of Information (“FoI”) grants a general right to access government information, necessary in a modern democracy. FoI reverses the normal assumption in the civil service that all information should remain secret: public sector information is essentially paid for and owned by the public, and it should therefore be treated as openly and transparently as possible . . . .Read more about St Helena Freedom of Information Campaign….

“There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle which does not live by secrecy. Get these things out in the open, describe them, attack them, ridicule them in the press, and sooner or later public opinion will sweep them away.”
Joseph Pulitzer

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