El Salvador: Shelve ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1. © 2021 AP Photo/Salvador Melendez (Washington DC) – The government of President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador has proposed a “foreign agents” bill that would severely restrict the work of independent journalists and civil society organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill, which is currently being discussed in the Legislative Assembly, would require entities and people who receive funding or support from abroad to…

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