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The Timing? Not Suspicious at All!
As the election nears, the National Assembly made headlines recently with what has been described by some as one of the SNS Government's most consequential policy in its close to 15 year rule, and by government opponents as another blow to Serbia's already increasingly fraught record on human rights.
Effortlessly passing through the SNS coalition's super majority in the National Assembly, the 2027 State Security Mandate has in general terms, expanded the power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Intelligence Agency to a scope never seen before.
Under the new laws, both entities have been given expansive power to monitor and ultimately detain Serbian citizens, deemed by new guidelines as "State Subversives" and "Threats to National Integrity". The broad and general language of the new guidelines has in turn given the Ministry of Internal Affairs, effective power to arrest journalist, and organizers of protests among other individuals.
The mandate has also secured funding for increased surveillance operations across Serbia's cities, and new and increased powers to monitor the internet activities of Serbian citizens.
The timing of the mandate's passage has raised eyebrows for some, as the closeness of the enactment to the Serbian election leaves some questioning whether the law was passed in expectation for protest following what is expected to be a victory for SNS Candidate NebojΕ‘a StefanoviΔ.
However in response to these questions, government spokespersons have brushed aside the timing as merely a coincidence.
And of the Opposition?
The news of the mandate's passage has outraged government opposition, who have derided the mandate as the effective creation of a secret police in Serbia. To the opposition, this recent move has acted as another blow to Serbia's less the stellar record on human rights.
The ruling SNS has been attacked for its authoritarianism in the past, and the passage of the Mandate has proven another indicator for the opposition that their fears are correct. Calls for demonstration in response the law's passage have been called for on Serbian social media. However, as loud as the voices in opposition may be, based upon the guidelines of the new mandate; these voices may soon be silen
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Turkey for example has a law which states that Armenian citizens cannot buy property in Turkey (not only Armenians btw, other nationalities, like Syrians are also barred, Greek citizens canβt buy in certain regions). Do we have any laws that prevent other nationalities from buying property in Armenia?
Here are some sources I found regarding Armenians and other nationalities in Turkey:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.propertyturkey.com/blog-turkey/can-foreigners-buy-property-in-turkey%3Ftype%3Damp
https://turkishclassified.com/page/who_can_buy_property_in_turkey
https://www.turkeyhomes.com/blog/post/can-foreigners-buy-property-in-turkey
Mexico recently passed a new nationality law that theoretically should extend jus sanguinis to unlimited generations. The previous law required transmission of citizenship via jus sanguinis to be dependent upon your parents being born in Mexico or being naturalized citizens, so in practice only the first generation born abroad was entitled to citizenship. This is actually exactly my situation, so this new change in the law is of particular interest to me.
My grandmother was born in Mexico, but my mother was born here in the US, which means that I wasn't eligible for citizenship previously. I'd like to take advantage of the new law, but I haven't found really any information about it at all -- just a few newspaper blurbs here and there.
Does anyone have any advice for how to take advantage of this, or how to start lining up paperwork? I currently have:
- certified Mexican birth certificate for my grandmother
- certified US marriage certificate for my grandmother
- certified US birth certificate for my mother
- certified US birth certificate for myself
Should my first step be to apply for citizenship directly? Should I try to register myself and my mother in the Registro Civil before I apply? Are there other steps I should think about taking?
Stories about the new law:
https://globalcit.eu/constitutional-reform-in-mexico-no-limits-to-ius-sanguinis/
