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Thanks @MaajidNawaz for having me.
Please, go to genocideresponse.org and write to your MP. Ask them to back the #GenocideAmendment
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Another long day working on the #GenocideAmendment - grateful for amazing colleagues and constant encouragement from #Uyghur and #HK friends who are suffering. “I’d rather be ashes than dust”.
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#BREAKING US Senators and co-authors of recent bipartisan attempt to recognise #Uyghur genocide @marcorubio @SenJeffMerkley urge @HouseofCommons to pass the #GenocideAmendment in @Telegraph
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Breaking: President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews asks @BorisJohnson to support the #GenocideAmendment
The actions of the Board are unprecedented and almost unbearably poignant, doing everything they can to defend #Uyghurs twitter.com/BoardofDeputie…
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A Minister has just texted a big group of MPs about the #GenocideAmendment
“There are many problems with the...amendment, including the fact that past genocides might be in scope (which could mean Turkey, could even mean Canada or Australia)
Is this true? Judge for yourself:
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Very strange arguments here from @DominicRaab on #GenocideAmendment
1. Amend. DOES NOT provide for a criminal process, but a “preliminary determination”.
2. Two former Supreme Court judges said High Court was correct authority when drafting.
3. He wants judges to investigate?? twitter.com/BBCPolitics/st…
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Cross-party group of IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs leading support for #GenocideAmendment to the Trade Bill.
If passed, the UK would be the first country globally to consider genocide cases in domestic courts.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/1…
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Jewish News backs #IPAC #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill.
"If MPs do not back the amendment, it will be their legacy and their job to explain to future generations why they did not make the Government stand up with adequate strength to China"
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😡Shocking. @LOS_Fisher article on leaked Government advice re: #GenocideAmendment. Here's the real reason Government wanted to offer an alternative:
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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"The UK must act now to save Uighur lives from ethnic cleansing"
#IPAC advisor @MahmutRahima writes in the Times in support of IPAC #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-uk…
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If the Government was *really* opposed to the #GenocideAmendment because it “gives power to courts” they would have accepted the amendment below which we gave them over a week ago. They didn’t.
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"Tonight is about shining a light of hope to all those out there who have failed to get their day in court."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS urges Parliament to back IPAC #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill, which if passed would see genocide cases brought to UK courts.
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BREAKING: #GenocideAmendment narrowly defeated 319 votes to 308
Revised Amendment (below) will now be re-tabled in the House or Lords.
Onwards! ✊
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BREAKING: IPAC 🇬🇧 #GenocideAmendment narrowly defeated by 319 votes to 308.
#IPAC members from all parties will now work to bring a revised amendment to be re-tabled in the House or Lords.
Full statement 👉ipac.global/uk-government-…
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Planning the next stage of the #GenocideAmendment with @ipacglobal colleagues @MPIainDS @Nus_Ghani and @DavidAltonHL
#Uyghurs must have their day in court. Without a judgment, the @GOVUK won’t act.
As HongKongers would say: add oil!
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“The fight does not end here. We will continue to do all we can to ensure that Uighurs and other victims of alleged genocide have a route to justice through UK courts.”
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL on efforts to bring #GenocideAmendment to Trade Bill.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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So despite the fact that the debate won't be for another week at least (possibly longer), the deadline for tabling the revised #GenocideAmendment was 4pm today (highly unusual).
Don't worry. We got it down anyway. 😉
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs announce intention to bring revised #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill, aiming to allow UK courts to judge genocide cases and hold China accountable for Xinjiang abuses.
politico.eu/article/uk-see…
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Update on #GenocideAmendment
👉Revised version back in House of Lords 2nd Feb publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill…
👉Commons vote could be v soon after, tbc.
👉Expecting a Gov concession in the Commons to buy off our rebels. Our position: no court, no deal. Here’s why 👇
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#GenocideAmendment is back in the Commons on 9th Feb. Lords 2nd Feb.
@BorisJohnson is clear: the U.K. *will not* use the word “genocide” without a court ruling - but there’s no way of getting one at the moment.
Don’t deny #Uyghurs their day in court.
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#GenocideAmendment latest: in their desperation to keep this out of the courts, the Government is hosting a (very rare) briefing for *all peers* on Monday. The only lawyer they could find to brief against us was Wolfson. They tried Lords Hope and Pannick who told them where to go
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#GenocideAmendment update. Thanks @MaajidNawaz for your constant support for this cause. #NoGenocideTrade 👇 twitter.com/LBC/status/135…
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👇 Two more of the heroes in this David and Goliath battle for the #GenocideAmendment against vested interests and the entire machinery of the Government.
Give👏Uyghurs👏Their👏Day👏In👏Court twitter.com/MatthewCTurner…
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MPs must back the genocide amendment to oppose the oppression of the Uighurs | Times Red Box
IPAC advisor @benedictrogers and @LabourCHR chair @MatthewCTurner write in support of IPAC #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/mps-mu…