Thank you Supreme Court
3000 euros for a request about corruption
Madrid 29 October 2012 – Access Info Europe has been ordered
to pay €3000 to the Spanish government for asking what it is doing to
fight against corruption according to a decision of the Spanish Supreme
Court which has ruled that the NGO has not right to ask for such
information. The decision closes a court case based on a information
request submitted by an Access Info Europe board member in 2007.
The main argument used by the Supreme Court is that the request by
Access Info Europe to the Ministry of Justice for reports on the
implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption was in fact not
an information request but that the NGO was seeking "explanations" from
the government.
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