A farmer from Kantale in northeast Sri Lanka received a plot of land from the government after he filed a right to information (RTI) request in 2018.

The quality of care at a hospital in Kilinochchi improved after a group of rural women filed RTI requests on why the centre lacked staff despite it receiving additional funds.

The government set a ceiling price for bottled drinking water after a community activist filed an RTI request because prices for the item varied between companies and different businesses.

These are among the real-world impacts that communities in Sri Lanka have felt after...