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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @CassyOConnorMP raises case of Uyghur activist #IdrisHasan, detained in Morocco and at risk of extradition to China.
O'Connor: "the Chinese government is using Interpol for political purposes to target ethnic minorities"
tasmps.greens.org.au/parliament/int…
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#BREAKING: UN Committee Against Torture requests Moroccan authorities NOT to extradite Uyghur asylum seeker Idris Hassan to the PRC.
#IPAC has warned @Marocdiplo_EN on the severe risk of torture that Hassan would face if extradited.
@SafeguardDefend twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
828
#IPAC 🇸🇪 MEP @KarinKarlsbro calls on Sweden and EU to follow suit on staging a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
karinkarlsbro.eu/nyheter/karlsb…
829
Taiwan's ET Today interviews #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS on how IPAC works to reform the approach of democratic states to China.
Sir Iain Duncan-Smith called for democracies to move critical supply chains away from China in light of its coercive diplomacy.
youtube.com/watch?v=Dc0iDY…
830
Ministers urged to review China’s nuclear role in UK | The Times
Coverage of calls led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members for Chinese state owned nuclear power firm CGN to be barred from involvement in all UK nuclear plants.
thetimes.co.uk/article/minist…
831
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chairs @MPIainDS and Baroness (Helena) Kennedy address UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab.
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson gives evidence to the French Senate on Chinese government attempts to undermine free speech and academic freedoms at foreign universities. twitter.com/blanc_etienne/…
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⛷️8⃣0⃣ days away from the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics, #IPAC continues to call for a diplomatic boycott of the Games.
While sport is above politics, this cannot permit turning a blind eye to industrial-scale human rights abuses.
#NoRightsNoShow
🧵#IPAC campaign so far👇
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⛷️8⃣0⃣ days away from the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics, #IPAC continues to call for a diplomatic boycott of the Games.
While sport is above politics, this cannot permit turning a blind eye to industrial-scale human rights abuses.
#NoRightsNoShow
🧵#IPAC campaign so far👇
835
#BREAKING: UK Foreign Secretary supports the withdrawal of serving UK judges from the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
The annoucement came moments before a debate in the Commons led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @Siobhain_Mc on the issue.
gov.uk/government/new…
836
Concern over ‘censorship’ rules of NZ-Chinese news site | Newsroom
New Zealand media outlet warned users information could be shared with 'relevant state agencies' if they violate Chinese laws.
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady.
newsroom.co.nz/concern-over-c…
837
#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Senator @AndreGattolin appointed to lead parliamentary investigation into the influence of non-state actors in French universities.
The fact finding mission will examine the role of Chinese state sponsored Confucius Institutes.
senat.fr/presse/cp20210…
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▶️LIVE NOW: Justice for Uyghurs: IPAC and Rodney Dixon QC
Join #IPAC co-chairs Hon. @IrwinCotler and Baroness Kennedy QC in discussing attempts to hold the Chinese government to account for Uyghur abuses at the ICC.
📺Streaming live on YouTube👇
youtu.be/wTyk31-W8BY
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#IPAC adviser @AkiraIgata speaks to Asahi Shimbun about efforts to establish Japan's human rights diplomacy through Magnitsky-style sanctions and supply chains due diligence.
asahi.com/sp/articles/DA…
840
#IPAC member @natalieben calls for the UK government to act on HSBC and other UK linked firms which "unconditionally back the illegal behaviour of the Chinese government" in Hong Kong.
841
Home Secretary @pritipatel speaks of the "harrowing" intimidation of Hong Kongers accessing the BN(O) visa scheme by the Chinese government.
The answer came in response to calls from #IPAC member @timloughton to protect British Chinese groups from CCP harassment in the UK.
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Extradition hearing for exiled Uyghur activist detained in Morocco postponed.
#IPAC members from 16 legislatures have called on the Moroccan government to block the extradition of #IdrisHasan to China, where he could face persecution and torture. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
843
Radio Taiwan International interview with #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene on global support for Lithuania and Taiwan amidst increased pressure from Beijing.
youtube.com/watch?v=rFHzpz…
844
Hong Kong Legislative Council election is "an exhibition in authoritarianism"
#IPAC statement on Hong Kong Legislative Council elections.
aninews.in/news/world/asi…
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#IPAC co-chair @MiriamMLex:
"Engaging positively with the Chinese people means standing with Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Tibetans and all those oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party."
Lexmann calls for EU bans on all imports made by forced labour in China.
846
China's Ambassador to France warns #IPAC 🇫🇷 member Sen. @OlivierCadic against visiting government officials in Taiwan. twitter.com/OlivierCadic/s…
847
French Senate backs Taiwan's bid for wider international participation | Focus Taiwan
Coverage of motion led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 Senators
@AndreGattolin @OlivierCadic and @VALLINIAndre backing Taiwan's participation in the WHO, Interpol and other institutions.
focustaiwan.tw/politics/20210…
848
Urgent Question in the @UKParliament secured by #IPAC member @Nus_Ghani
Minister @amandamilling says in reply that the @GOVUK is watching @mbachelet visit to the Uyghur Region “very closely” and reiterates call for “unfettered access”.
849
#GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill tabled by #IPAC member @DavidAltonHL defeats government in the Lords.
IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Kennedy: the amendment will "change the ecology of law by making genocide have serious meaning in our contemporary world”.
theguardian.com/law/2021/feb/0…
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Japan PM Kishida set to appoint #IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair Rep. Gen Nakatani as chief human rights aide.
Rep. Nakatani has led cross-party calls for Japan to establish a Magnitsky-style targeted human rights sanctions regime.
swissinfo.ch/eng/reuters/ja…