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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP presents survivor's testimony of torture and rape in Xinjiang prison camps to the UK Parliament.
Ghani calls for no further deepening of ties with the Chinese government until a full judicial inquiry into crimes against Uyghurs has been concluded.
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"The greatest number of women that are being abused are Uyghur women by the Chinese state."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP addresses the UK Parliament.
Foreign Sec. @DominicRaab responds by calling on the UN Human Rights Commissioner to establish a fact finding mission.
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"I've been sanctioned by China – but that won't stop me speaking out over Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy writes after being targeted by the Chinese government for speaking out on Uyghur and Hong Kong abuses.
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#IPAC launches #DoNotExtradite campaign, pledging to advocate on behalf of all those threatened with extradition or deportation to the PRC.
Cards have been issued to those most at risk of persecution to offer protection to their case.
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Minister Wu participated in a briefing/Q&A for the @ipacglobal co-chairs. He urged more cooperation between like-minded countries in defending freedom, democracy, human rights & rules-based order. We appreciate #IPAC's concern over the #Taiwan🇹🇼 #FreedomPineapple ban by #China.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: HSBC "behaved in a disreputable and appalling way in freezing the accounts of an individual fleeing for justice".
Coverage of IPAC members addressing UK parliament to condemn @HSBC for freezing Hong Kong activist's finances.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members Baroness Helena Kennedy and @DavidAltonHL propose a cross party amendment to the Trade Bill to block trade deals with genocidal states.
If passed, this would open the way for the UK High Court to consider allegations of genocide against #Uyghurs and others.
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@AndreGattolin, also an #IPAC co-chair, was prominent in the French media as Wang Yi visited Paris. He called on President Macron to take a tough line on Beijing's encroachment on freedoms in Hong Kong and excluding Huawei from 5G networks.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS called on the UK government to boycott the Olympics, describing China as “dictatorial, aggressive and intolerant”.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @fxbellamy MEP sends a message to the Chinese government after EU parliamentarians hit by sanctions:
"You justify our concerns by trying to silence us instead of providing answers to our questions. And you won't get anything, because we won't be silent"
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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.
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The Czech Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs labels China's treatment of Uyghurs "inhumane", in a motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair @JanLipavsky MP.
Full text of the motion: psp.cz/sqw/text/text2…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez lead the reintroduction of the bi-partisan Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act.
This legislation seeks to ensure Hong Kong protestors at risk of persecution are eligible for Priority 2 Refugee status.
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Johnson faces Commons defeat as rebels stand against China’s ‘genocide’ | Sunday Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL all-party amendment to the Trade Bill will be debated in the UK Parliament this week.
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"This is brazen and shameful thuggery - the actions of cowards who fear the printed word and the glare of media scrutiny."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL comments on raid of Apple Daily newspaper and arrests of journalists in Hong Kong.
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#IPAC Co-Chair @MPIainDS leads calls to use new powers against Chinese officials involved in Hong Kong crackdown.
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"Ratification of the agreement while mounting evidence documents forced labour and other human rights abuses in Xinjiang would be a major propaganda victory for the Chinese government."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 MEP @EnginEroglu_FW on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
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Tomorrow the Italian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee will debate a resolution led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 declaring a #UyghurGenocide.
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“The weight of evidence steadily coming out of the region leaves no room for doubt as to the oppression Uighurs and other ethnic minorities are living under”
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit on reports of systemic torture and rape in Xinjiang prison camps.
smh.com.au/world/asia/hor…
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Highlights from European Parliament debate on resolution co-authored by #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW, @bueti and @MiriamMLex on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.
Eroglu: "What is happening in Xinjiang is a systematic nightmare".
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Global MPs Urge ICC to Probe Whether Abuses in Xinjiang Constitute Genocide | RFA
Coverage of our #IPAC letter to the ICC Chief Prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda in support of a complaint evidencing crimes against Uyghurs and other minorities.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members lead calls for trade deals to be conditional on legal determinations of genocide claims, with reference to abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members @YasminQureshiMP and @amcarmichaelMP call for use of Magnitsky sanctions for those those responsible for the mass atrocities against Uyghur Muslims in China.
politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
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#IPAC statement on the arrest of Cardinal Zen, Margaret Ng, Denise Ho and other members of the 612 Humanitarian Support Fund.
IPAC calls on our governments to sanction new Chief Executive John Lee and all others responsible for this violation of international law in Hong Kong.
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BREAKING: EU suspends efforts to ratify China investment deal.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 members have made key contributions in highlighting human rights concerns in the #CAI agreement [THREAD]
hongkongfp.com/2021/05/04/bre…