The right to access and request information is enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Information is considered “the oxygen of a democracy.” Access to information (ATI) plays an essential role for promoting accountability and citizens' ability to monitor the actions of the government, and it contributes to participatory development. The goal of this report is to provide an overview of the situation of access to information in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region, in particular the cases of Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.