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Prime Minister defeated in late night Parliamentary vote

3 September 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi

In a 328 vote to 302 the a coalition of SNP, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat, and Conservative Party MPs striped the executive of its normal power to dictate what is to be debated tomorrow and granting to parliament the ability to debate Hillary Ben MP’s proposed Brexit bill.

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‘Blatantly xenophobic’ and ‘shameful’ anti-refugee laws are passed by new Hungarian government, says UN

4 July 2018| Open Democracy| Mohamed Elmaazi

Hungary is at the forefront of delivering nativist and xenophobic laws that target refugees, migrants, and those that assist them. But the state is only a canary in the coal mine.

On World Refugee Day, 20 June 2018, Hungary passed anti-migrant laws championed by right-wing nationalist Prime Minister, Viktor Orban. The Hungarian parliament voted overwhelmingly to pass the legislative package by 180 votes 18. Amnesty International blasted the laws as ‘draconian’. The UN has decried them as “shameful”.

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