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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton MP moves motion calling for UK government representatives to stage a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Olympics.
Loughton: Only a diplomatic boycott will stop the Chinese Communist Party from scoring "the major soft power victory they crave."
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#IPAC Belgium 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati speaks to BBC World after receiving Chinese government sanctions.
"as a democratically elected member of parliament, I cannot remain silent to testimonies from Uyghur refugees and verified information from objective reports."
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“The decision to ban the BBC from airing in China is yet another example of the intolerance that the Chinese government has towards those who reveal the truth about its authoritarian rule.”
Comment from #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @YasminQureshiMP on China's BBC ban.
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Europe has handed China a strategic victory | Financial Times
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair Reinhard Bütikofer MEP @bueti on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
“We’ve allowed China to drive a huge wedge between the US and Europe.”
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“What we see happening before our very eyes is the dismantling of freedom and democracy."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 member @SenatorHousakos condemns the sentencing of nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists for taking part in a peaceful protest.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 Co-Chair @bueti:
EU-China #CAI investment deal requirement for European NGOs operating in China to be managed exclusively by Chinese citizens a "scandal".
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Vote on #UyghurGenocide motion proposed by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 postponed after extended debate.
Italy's Foreign Affairs Committee will continue to debate whether to label the treatment of Muslim Uyghur minorities as a "genocide".
Full story: politico.eu/article/italy-… twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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#IPAC 🇺🇲 co-chair @SenRubioPress and Sen. @JeffMerkley lead bi-partisan support for #IPAC 🇬🇧 #StopGenocideTrade amendment.
The letter urges the UK to lead democratic nations in allowing genocide determinations in domestic courts, offering hope of justice for #Uygurs.
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#IPAC 🇺🇲 co-chair @SenRubioPress and Sen. @JeffMerkley lead bi-partisan support for #IPAC 🇬🇧 #StopGenocideTrade amendment.
The letter urges the UK to lead democratic nations in allowing genocide determinations in domestic courts, offering hope of justice for #Uygurs.
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#JPAC が連携している #IPAC が「新疆ウイグル自治区の強制収容所における拷問及びレイプの報道に関する声明」を公表しました。IPACに参加している日本からの賛同議員はこちら。
声明の元となったBBCの報道
bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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The UK will have a "two tier system" for genocide determination if it refuses to examine alleged genocide against Uyghurs.
#IPAC member @Nus_Ghani MP moves the #GenocideAmendment in the Commons.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS blasts UK government's attempts to block a vote on the #GenocideAmendment as "arcane procedural games” that "demean democracy".
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Aukus will ensure that China’s aggressive behaviour towards Taiwan and its neighbours will not go unchecked | #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS writes for The i Newspaper.
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#BREAKING 🇺🇸 confirms diplomatic boycott of @Beijing2022 following heavy campaigning from #IPAC and partners.
We call upon other governments to follow 🇱🇹 and 🇺🇸 lead. #StandTogether
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One day after #IPAC publishes evidence of mass atrocity crimes against Muslim Minorities in Xinjiang and calls for an urgent UN investigation, the U.K. and 27 other countries make that call at the United Nations. Great first step.
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"A national emergency doesn’t justify exposing UK consumers to slavery."
#IPAC Coordinator @lukedepulford comments on UK government purchase of PPE linked to Xinjiang Uyghur forced labour supply chains.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @GarethDavies_MP calls on the UK's financial sector to work with the government on holding Beijing to account for actions in Hong Kong.
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EU sues Chinese government in WTO over Lithuania blockade | Politico
The moves follow calls led by @MiriamMLex and other #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs calling for a tougher EU response to the PRC government's punitive trade sanctions on Lithuania.
politico.eu/article/eu-sue…
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#IPAC member @DavidAltonHL speaks to BBC News on receiving sanctions from the Chinese government for speaking out on abuses against Uyghurs.
"It is, for me, a sadness more than anything else. I love Chinese people, I love China."
Watch in full: youtube.com/watch?v=uhorvv…
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‘Genocide games’: British MPs vote for diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics | Sydney Morning Herald
Motion led by #IPAC members calling for UK government representatives to decline invitations to the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics passes unanimously.
smh.com.au/world/europe/g…
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"We are asking you all to join us in standing against Xi Jinping's authoritarian bullying"
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP on IPAC campaign to buy Australian wine in #SolidarityWithAustralia.
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