Mozambique – Draft Law Threatens Civil Society Groups

Johannesburg — Mozambique authorities should withdraw a draft law on nonprofit organizations that would undermine the work of civil society groups and the right to freedom of association in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.

The government says the Draft Law on the Creation, Organization, and Operation of Nonprofit Organizations is intended to counter money laundering and terrorist financing, as its security forces battle an Islamic-State (ISIS) linked armed group, locally known as…