776
#IPAC calls to reduce strategic dependency on China featuring prominently in Germany's CDU leadership election debates.
wsj.com/articles/even-… twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
777
EU-China investment deal lacks teeth on forced labour but could still be derailed | Taiwan News
#IPAC co-chairs Sen. @AndreGattolin 🇫🇷 and @bueti MEP 🇪🇺🇩🇪 call criticise signing of EU-China #CAI deal in light of China's "blatant human rights violations".
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4100036
778
"The Chinese party-state aims to control not just outsiders’ deeds, but their words. When that works, it is chillingly effective."
An international cross-party alliance of lawmakers is supporting Lithuania and Taiwan | CEPA Fellow @edwardlucas on #IPAC
cepa.org/challenging-ch…
779
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL secures Private Notice Question on reports of mass internment and torture of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Lord Alton called on the UK to raise concerns at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council and to examine the findings of the @TribunalUyghur.
780
781
‘Break their roots’: New report details Chinese authorities’ alleged torture, rape of Uighur women | Sydney Morning Herald
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson: Australia's lack of Magnitsky legislation a “gap in our sanctions framework that must be filled”.
smh.com.au/world/asia/bre…
782
Beijing nominates chief kidnappers to lead Interpol | Bild
#IPAC co-chairs @bueti and Michael Brand MdB warn against the Chinese government's attempts to use Interpol to arrest activists abroad.
bild.de/politik/auslan…
783
"We cannot ignore the role that big banks play in financing the abuses taking place in Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on IPAC calls for investment blacklists on firms perpetrating force labour abuses against Uyghurs.
independent.co.uk/asia/china/xin…
784
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Hon. @IrwinCotler labels IPAC a "game changer" in slowing the Chinese government's growing economic and political influence globally, calls for inter-governmental alliance to mirror IPAC.
voanews.com/usa/us-allies-…
785
European Parliament votes to freeze controversial EU-China investment deal | Euro News
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti calls for EU Member States to show a "clear signal of solidarity" with members of the European Parliament sanctioned by Beijing.
euronews.com/2021/05/20/eur…
786
UK plans to force sale of Chinese-owned nuclear stakes | Financial Times
Earlier this year #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chairs @MPIainDS and Baroness Kennedy wrote to the UK government calling for a ban on Chinese state owned firms involved in UK nuclear power.
ft.com/content/a92bad…
787
@HSBC @IoWBobSeely #IPAC member @RhonddaBryant MP:
"@HSBC chooses which laws to obey... quite a lot of my constituents might think you choose to adopt a moral stance when it suits you, but not when it doesn't."
788
UPDATED: Growing pressure on French Minister @RoxaMaracineanu NOT to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of severe human rights abuses.
Letter led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 members gains further signatures from cross-party Députées and Senators.
#NoRightsNoShow
789
#BREAKING: The UK government has narrowly avoided defeat on #GenocideAmendment to the Trade Bill by 319 to 297 votes.
Major concessions won by #IPAC include sanctions on Chinese officials guilty of Uyghur abuses and new mechanisms for genocide investigations. twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
790
Response from UK PM @BorisJohnson to @MPIainDS and #IPAC G7 co-chairs following an IPAC letter ahead of this year's G7 Summit.
IPAC called for supply chains reform in light of Uyghur forced labour abuses and a global infrastructure fund to counter the Belt and Road Initiative.
791
UK has a "moral obligation" to the young Hong Kong citizens who are currently excluded from the BNO visa scheme.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 Member @DamianGreen on amendment which would rationalise BNO visa offer to include those born after the 1997 handover.
@hk_watch
workpermit.com/node/32650
792
@MiriamMLex @hk_watch #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @AnnaFotyga_PE:
EU and EU Member State diplomats must decline invitations to attend events at the #Beijing2022 Olympics in Beijing.
793
"We need a new effort to prod China into taking a different approach.”
#IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata on proposals led by the Japan Parliamentary Alliance on China to pass a Japanese Magnitsky human rights sanctions regime.
asahi.com/sp/ajw/article…
794
Overhauled laws to target human rights abusers | The Australian
Comment from #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chairs @kimbakit and @SenPaterson on importance of introducing Australia's Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions scheme, announced today.
theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
795
New Zealand faces global pressure over move to let resident be extradited to China | The Guardian
#IPAC members write to 🇳🇿 Justice Minister @KrisinMana warning that the extradition would set a "chilling" precedent for Chinese diasporic groups globally.
theguardian.com/world/2022/apr…
796
Boris Johnson ponders boycott of China’s Winter Olympics | The Times
#IPAC MPs lead calls for UK to stage diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
797
798
#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @MiriamMLex @AnnaFotyga_PE @RihoTerras lead cross-party letter supporting trans-Atlantic cooperation on telecommunications development in Central and Eastern Europe.
The signatories call for alternatives to China's 5G technology, citing security concerns. twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
799
Global parliamentary alliance urges support for Lithuania, Taiwan amid Chinese pressure | Asia News International
Coverage of #IPAC calls for democratic states to stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with Lithuania and Taiwan in light of coercive diplomacy.
aninews.in/news/world/us/…
800
Yesterday the Lithuanian Seimas hosted a hearing on human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, receiving testimony from #IPAC members @DSakaliene MP 🇱🇹Hon. @IrwinCotler 🇨🇦 and @bueti MEP 🇪🇺.
Watch the full proceedings here (English audio): youtube.com/watch?v=2TBSOj…
