#IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @Nus_Ghani @MPIainDS hold press conference following @TribunalUyghur conclusion that the PRC government is committing Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and Torture against the Uyghur people.
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Senator @kimbakit speaks to BBC World News on the Chinese government's use of 'debt trap diplomacy' through the Belt and Road Initiative. Kitching called for democratic states to offer an alternative for global infrastructure needs.
#BREAKING: #IPAC parliamentarians representing 13 legislatures call on Saudi Arabia to stop the forcible return of Uyghurs Nurmemet Rozi and Hemdullah Abduweli to China. If forcibly returned, they could face torture and arbitrary detention. @KSAMOFA @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUK
"The Genocide Convention is about preventing atrocities, not waiting to count the bodies." #IPAC co-chair Baroness Kennedy highlights the testimony of Uyghur women in building evidence for alleged genocide in Xinjiang.
British, Lithuanian MPs: Defending Ukraine is defending Taiwan | CNA News #IPAC 🇱🇹🇬🇧members @DSakaliene @ZygisPavilionis @MPIainDS @DavidAltonHL @GeraintDaviesMP call for stronger committment to Taiwan in face of rising threats from Beijing. cna.com.tw/news/aall/2022…
#IPAC co-chair Reinhard Bütikofer MEP @bueti calls for sanctions on officials responsible for crimes against humanity in Xinjiang. Bütikofer urges the Commission to ensure China ratifies ILO anti-forced labour conditions before concluding the EU-China CAI investment deal.
#IPAC member @imranahmadkhan MP: What actions are the UK Government taking to hold the Chinese government to account for its breaching of the Sino-British Joint Declaration?
Energy crisis: Government has domestic nuclear option as China is frozen out | Sky News #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: dependency on China for critical infrastructure exposes UK to Chinese government's "bullying" behaviour. news.sky.com/story/energy-c…
"In Burma, the illegal regime, authors of atrocity crimes ... strut with impunity, aided and abetted by their authoritarian friends in Beijing." #IPAC member @DavidAltonHL calls on the UK to seek reform to UN Security Council vetoes on mass atrocity crime investigations.
Senior PRC public security official enters INTERPOL | Le Monde #IPAC: Hu's election puts "tens of thousands of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Taiwanese and Chinese dissidents living abroad at even graver risk" @AndreGattolin. lemonde.fr/international/…
Italian newspaper @repubblica reports on #IPAC campaign by parliamentarians from 19 countries inviting "millions of people around the world to a Christmas toast against China's economic bullying of Australia" with Australian #FreedomWine. repubblica.it/esteri/2020/12…
International lawmakers support Taiwan bid to join INTERPOL | RTI #IPAC members among parliamentarians calling for Taiwan to play a role in the global policing body. en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2…
Chinese government's aggressive efforts to bring back fugitives grow more brazen | Washington Post #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti: "we should not extradite individuals into such an authoritarian system" washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/…
Czech Senate passes resolution backing Taiwan's participation in WHO | Focus Taiwan Coverage of motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 Co-Chair Senator @PavelFischer. focustaiwan.tw/politics/20210…
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS secures UK Parliament Urgent Question debate on the arrest of Cardinal Zen and other members of the 612 Humanitarian Support Fund. Calls for the government to drop reported plans to restart the UK-China Joint Economic and Trade Commission (JETCO).
📢BREAKING: #IPAC statement on the 23rd EU-China Summit 🇪🇺🇨🇳 signed by EU legislators. IPAC calls on @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JosepBorrellF to make clear to PRC counterparts that its purported neutrality on #Ukraine gives Putin a carte blanche to escalate his barbaric acts.
Meanwhile Lithuanian Co-Chair @DSakaliene reads #IPAC statement on #HongKong to the Lithuanian Parliament also representing fellow Co-Chair @Adomenas. #StandTogether
Royals and senior ministers set to snub Beijing Winter Olympics as Britain’s stance towards PRC hardens | The Sun Growing momentum behind #IPAC calls for diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Olympics. #NoRightsNoShow thesun.co.uk/news/16791605/…
Lawmakers Urge UN Investigation Into Xinjiang | RFA Coverage of #IPAC calls for UN to investigate alleged Genocide against Uyghurs. #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause: "there can be no turning away from the mounting evidence that documents these abuses" rfa.org/english/news/u…
Lawmakers Urge UN Investigation Into Xinjiang | RFA Coverage of #IPAC calls for UN to investigate alleged Genocide against Uyghurs. #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause: "there can be no turning away from the mounting evidence that documents these abuses" rfa.org/english/news/u…
UK universities have accepted more than £13 million from Chinese state run Confucius Institute programme | The Times #IPAC member @StewartMcDonald warns the Chinese government directed programmes are 'misinformation networks operating in plain sight'. thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…
Britain to invest £1bn in African ports as part of Western response to China | The Telegraph Ahead of the 2021 G7 Summit #IPAC co-chairs wrote to UK PM @BorisJohnson calling for global infrastructure investment to counter the Belt and Road Initiative. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
Threatened, harassed, punished: The Uyghur translators telling Xinjiang’s story | Coda #IPAC adviser @MahmutRahima speaks out on receiving Chinese government threats and harrasment for translating Uyghur survivors' testimonies. codastory.com/authoritarian-…
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS secures debate in UK Parliament after Chinese govt. coerces family of Uyghurs giving evidence to the #UyghurTribunal to appear at a press conference. @MPIainDS called for the UK govt. to give evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal and examine its findings.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton MP calls on UK government to act to protect the 3,500 Uyghurs in Afghanistan, at risk of persecution and deportation to China. twitter.com/Afzal4Gorton/s…