Tag: human rights
Investigation Into NATO Airstrike That Killed 91 Afghan Civilians Was Valid, European Court Says
16 February 2021|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi
In 2009, a German Colonel in Kunduz ordered the bombing of two hijacked fuel tankers in Afghanistan, killing and injuring over 100 people, mostly civilians. The father of two pre-teen children killed by the airstrike challenged the failure of German authorities to properly investigate the incident at the European Court of Human Rights.
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Historic immigration vote at Labour Conference represents sea change in attitudes among UK labour movement
02 October 2019|The Interregnum and Pressenza|Mohamed Elmaazi
Mohamed Elmaazi examines how the Labour Party Conference’s historic pledges on immigration mark a significant departure from the racism and xenophobia which was deeply entrenched in parts of the UK labour movement over the past century.
UK Labour Party’s Historic Party Platform Developments
28 September 2019|Sputnik International|Mohamed Elmaazi with Eugene Puryear and Bob Schlehuber
Mohamed Elmaazi joined Eugene Puryar and Bob Schlehuber to discuss some of the more significant developments to come out of the Labour Party Conference, just completed in the coastal city of Brighton, England. This includes the historic pledges to adopt humane polices towards immigrants, reversing – in many ways – decades long hostility and racism directed by segments of the UK labour movement towards immigrants and people of colour.
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Labour pledges to abolish immigration detention centres in historic conference vote
25 September 2019|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi
On the last day of the Labour Party conference in Brighton delegates from around the country, representing both unions and Constituency Labour Party’s (CLPs), voted unanimously to support the most radical break in immigration policy in the Labour movement’s history.
‘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”.