Mexico: Shelve Regressive Bill to Curb Civil Society Groups

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image At his daily morning news conference on May 7, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador baselessly accuses civil society groups of being part of a plot to overthrow his government and calls on the United States to stop supporting them. © 2021 Eyepix/NurPhoto via AP. Would Limit Nonprofit Organizations’ Funding, Activities Other governments in the Americas have used similar laws to arbitrarily restrict the activity of civil society groups International law establishes that governments must guarantee that defenders work without reprisals or unnecessary legal…

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