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"Even in the UK I don’t feel safe from the pernicious reach of the Chinese state."
#IPAC advisor @MahmutRahima on Chinese government attempts to harass and intimidate Uyghurs and diasporic communities abroad.
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China's hard line against Australia is a lesson for us all | Japan Times.
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata:
"China has a clear track record of engaging in economic coercion by exploiting economic dependence."
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL: The UK government's attempts to build trade cooperation with China contradicts its claims that it will not pursue trade agreements with states accused of genocide.
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#IPAC advisors @AMFChina @MareikeOhlberg lead over 100 experts and academics in opposing the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
The statement claims CAI "entrenches Europe's existing strategic dependency on China and runs counter to Europe's core values."
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Featuring #IPAC statement on Hong Kong arrests:
"We call on democratic countries to take immediate action at the United Nations and to consider what joint, punitive economic action can be taken to ensure the Chinese government reconsiders its actions."
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#BREAKING: Chinese government issues sanctions on UK targets in retaliation for action on Uyghur abuses.
Those hit include #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Lord @DavidAltonHL, @Nus_Ghani MP and @timloughton MP.
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"We cannot allow the long arm of the Chinese state to reach into the heart of our European democracy."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti backs calls for 10 EU Member States to terminate extradition agreements with China and Hong Kong to protect exiles in Europe.
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NEWS: To expose China’s secrecy, demand reciprocal access to Tibet.
Opinion article signed by #IPAC members @AndreGattolin @bobogiac @rglucks1 @Martijncda @LegaSve @timloughton @rampi and Michael Brand MdB.
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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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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis leads China-Canada Committee in calling for the resumption of the Sino-Tibetan Dialogue. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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Coverage of interventions by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @LaylaMoran and @AlynSmith in the UK parliament yesterday.
All called for sanctions and other mechanisms to hold China to account for its breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong.
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The Czech Parliament has passed a motion calling for the Chinese government to end its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, referencing abuses including torture and organ harvesting.
The motion was backed by #IPAC 🇨🇿 Co-Chair @JanLipavsky.
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China scholars rally in support of #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady, who has faced threats and harassment after revealing links between New Zealand universities and Chinese military institutions.
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#IPAC member @Siobhain_Mc MP calls on UK financial regulators to exert influence on banks and financial institutions acting as a "prop" to totalitarian regimes.
McDonagh raises the case of Hong Kong pro-democrat activist @tedhuichifung, whose accounts have been frozen by @HSBC. twitter.com/Siobhain_Mc/st…
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Australian Ambassador to France thanks #IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chairs @AndreGattolin and @iflorennes92 for their #SolidarityWithAustralia 🇦🇺
Last month IPAC members from nine parliaments called on their governments to stand with Australia against intimidation from the Chinese government.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @RepTedYoho and @RepMalinowski lead bipartisan letter calling for the UN to appoint a Special Rapporteur to investigate human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
The letter also received support from IPAC members internationally. twitter.com/RepTedYoho/sta…
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“We cannot continue to do ‘business as usual’ with China while mounting evidence documents the most horrific state perpetrated abuses against Uyghurs and others in the Xinjiang region."
#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
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"Anyone who says that there is not enough evidence is simply too cowardly to look through the window of their computer screen."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MP speaks in the Canadian Parliament in support of an opposition motion declaring a "genocide" in Xinjiang.
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The Co-Chairs were delighted to host Joseph Wu, the Foreign Minister of Taiwan, today for a briefing followed by Q&A. IPAC looks forward to deepening its friendship and partnership with Taiwan which is coming under increasing pressure from Beijing. #StandTogether #IPAC
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Polish courts block the extradition of Swedish citizen Li Zhihui to China, after two years in detention.
Li's extended detention underscores the importance of #IPAC calls for democratic countries to suspend extradition treaties with Hong Kong and China.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"When it comes to forced labour in China, the EU Commission is satisfied with superficial lip service."
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#IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda MP intervenes on the planned construction of UN data centres in China.
Van Helvert questioned the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on what guarantees had been sought on the security and integrity of sensitive data stored.
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“All five categories of genocide behaviour, according to the Genocide Convention, are already in play in Xinjiang province."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @RhonddaBryant MP urges the British Olympics Association to call for a #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics venue change.
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