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- Connexions
Volume 9, Number 2 - Summer 1984 - Rights and Liberties - A Digest of Resources & Groups for Social
Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
Published: 1984
- Decision not file charges in CIA video destruction deals new setback to right to information
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
The decision not to file charges against any of the CIA officers who destroyed 92 videos of interrogations in secret CIA prisons has dealt a new blow to the search for truth in a matter of public interest and to the public’s right of access.
- Dismantling Democracy
Stifling Debate and Dissent in Canada
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
An extensive dossier of the Harper government's attacks on democracy, debate, and dissent.
- Files that may shed light on colonial crimes still kept secret by UK
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
Secret government files from the final years of the British empire are still being concealed despite a pledge by William Hague, the foreign secretary, that they would be declassified and opened to the public.
- Finding Answers
The Essential Guide to Gathering Information in Canada
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1993
Outlines the essentials of how to find and use information.
- GovernmentSources.ca
Resource Type: Website
A portal with information about government, Canadian and international, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
- Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence Compiled
The Tyee's full, updated list of 70 Harper government assaults on democracy and the law.
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
Stephen Harper and his Conservatives have racked up dozens of serious abuses of power since forming government in 2006. From scams to smears, monkey-wrenching opponents to intimidating public servants like an Orwellian gorilla, some offences are criminal, others just offend human decency. Here are 70 instances of abuse of power by the Stephen Harper government.
- The History Thieves
Secrets, Lies, and the Shaping of a Modern Nation
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2016
Ian Cobain uncovers the role of secrecy in the British state - and the lies, omissions and misrepresentations we've been fed to maintain the facade of a fair and just Britain.
- The History Thieves - Review
How Britain covered up its imperial crimes
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2016
A review of Ian Cobain's book The History Thieves, an engrossing study which identifies secrecy as a 'very British disease', exploring how, as the empire came to an end, government officials burned the records of imperial rule.
- IFJ Condemns United States "Desperate and Dangerous" Backlash over WikiLeaks
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the political backlash being mounted against the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks and accused the United States of attacking free speech after it put pressure on the website's host.
- Kill The Messengers
Stephen Harper's Assault on Your Right to Know
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2015
Ottawa has become a place where the nation's business is done in secret, and access to information - the lifeblood of democracy in Canada - is under attack.
- Let the People Know
Put Full Texts of Government Contracts Online
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
Openness in our government is essential for a healthy democracy
- NGO gains access to Guantanamo documents but double standard still prevails
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2011
Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release of Department of Defence documents on 2 March that shed light on the Bush administration’s policies on the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
- Nova Scotia election results online at Sources.com
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2009
The results of the Nova Scotia election, with all members elected to the Nova Scotia legislature, are now available via Parliamentary Names & Numbers. Parliamentary Names & Numbers is the directory of Canadaâ#²s federal and provincial governments.
- Public's Access to Government Records Faces Roadblocks Aplenty
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2015
Legally, all governent documents in the United States are supposed to be publicly accessible. It seems, however, that there is a work-around censor. Documents that prove embarassing to the organization or its members are effectively censored through bureaucratic inefficiency.
- Sources Select Resources
Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers
Resource Type: Website
Published: 2009
Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
- The Truth Will Always Win
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
In its landmark ruling in the Pentagon Papers case, the US Supreme Court said "only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government". The swirling storm around WikiLeaks today reinforces the need to defend the right of all media to reveal the truth.
- A War on Wikileaks?
Unhinged at the US State Department and Pentagon
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
If the state fails to make any sense - not surprising - it is because it is has no intention of doing so. The state is appealing to something more visceral with all of this posturing: fear. It wants to strike fear into the minds and bodies of people working with Wikileaks, or anyone else doing such work, and anyone contemplating leaking any classified records. Fear is its greatest weapon of psychological destruction, with proven success at home. The outcome the state hopes for is greater self-censorship and greater self-monitoring.
- WikiLeaks appeals for help as attacks are stepped up
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
As the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks comes under mounting cyber-attacks and as hosting companies continue to withdraw their services, it is appealing to its supporters around the world to create mirror sites.
- Zimbabwe: Bill would restrict public access to official information
Sources News Release
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2010
Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of a bill about to be submitted to Zimbabwe's parliament which would allow the authorities to block public access to official documents including judicial decisions, new legislation & public records.
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