| Senate Begins Dedate on Temporary Suspension of Basic Rights Bill The News | |
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MEXICO CITY – Senate committees this week began discussing a proposed law that would establish criteria and procedures for the suspension of basic rights by the government — whether in a specific location or in the entire country — due to an exceptional threat.
The law could be used to ban protests if Congress deems it a serious disruption. Last December, the Chamber of Deputies’ Human Rights Committee approved a law that would restrict protests in Mexico City, which was widely condemned by human rights groups.
As proposed by President Enrique Peña Nieto, the law would establish that “the restriction or suspension of basic rights will only occur in the event of invasion, serious disturbance of public peace or other situation that puts society in serious danger or conflict.”
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