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“We want to work with and support the 1.2 million Chinese descendants who live in Australia and make them feel fully and equally participants of our democracy."
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson on efforts to counter anti-Chinese racism.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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All party amendment to Telecommunications Bill led by #IPAC UK member @DavidAltonHL passes House of Lords.
The amendment requires the UK government to review the involvement of foreign companies in the UK's telecommunications network if banned by Five Eyes partner states. twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/s…
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U.S. lawmakers call for U.N. Uyghur rights report before Beijing Olympics | Reuters
#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @MarkWarner leads calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to publish long awaited report on abuses in the Uyghur Region before the #Beijing2022 Games.
reuters.com/world/china/us…
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Switzerland will consider joining the EU's WTO case against the Chinese government should initial dispute consultations fail.
The answer came in response to #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR regarding the PRC government's punitive trade sanctions issued against Lithuania.
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Chinese government bullying of Lithuania shows democratic world needs to to unite in defence of rules-based order.
#IPAC 🇦🇺 MP @kevinandrewsmp writes for the Spectator Australia.
spectator.com.au/2022/01/lithua…
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#IPAC 🇳🇴 co-chair @gurimelby MP asks Norway's Minister of Culture @Trettebergstuen to back a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
#Beijing2022 risks the Chinese government "laundering its own human rights violations".
#NoRightsNoShow
stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-pu…
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Didi Delays U.K., Europe Expansion Plans After Officials Raise Data Concerns | Wall Street Journal
Coverage of concerns raised by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members on access Chinese government may have to sensitive user data stored by Chinese firms.
wsj.com/articles/didi-…
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Coverage of #IPAC campaign for @HSBC to release assets of Ted Hui and other Hong Kong activists charged under the city's National Security Law.
thetimes.co.uk/article/ftse-b…
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Overseas judges in Hong Kong were “no longer acting as a moderating force, as the government has claimed, but giving a false sense of legitimacy to the Hong Kong government”.
Comment from #IPAC Hong Kong campaigns coordinator @chungchingkwong.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
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Some witnesses too afraid of Chinese authorities to give evidence at Australian inquiry | the Guardian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Sen. @kimbakit highlights intimidation from the Chinese Communist Party experienced by Australian Chinese and other diasporic groups.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
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Push for Japan to adopt human rights centred diplomacy | Mainichi
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a tougher response to the Chinese government's abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Featuring @ShioriYamao @SujeetKOfficial @MPIainDS @AkiraIgata
mainichi.jp/articles/20220…
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#BREAKING: UK Government commits to review of NHS supply chains in relation to forced labour and modern day slavery.
The move comes in response to an all-party amendment led by Lord Blencathra and #IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @HelenaKennedyQC.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenRubioPress @SenJeffMerkley applaud the passage of their Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act through the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Bill will ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labour do not enter the US.
rubio.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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The Danish Parliament has unanimously approved #IPAC co-chair @uffeelbaek’s motion on the Chinese government’s sanctions against Lithuania.
The🇩🇰 Parliament called Beijing’s actions "unacceptable" and pledged for continued EU support towards🇱🇹.
ft.dk/samling/20211/…
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Whips accused of 'bullying' rebels over anti-genocide Trade Bill amendment | the Telegraph
UK Government moves to block cross-party #GenocideAmendment
to Trade Bill proposed by #IPAC members.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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Humo interview with #IPAC 🇧🇪 Belgium co-chair @SamuelCogolati on prevalence of #Hikvision surveillance cameras in Belgian government buildings.
Cogolati: Belgium too "naive" about risk of Chinese government surveillance through Chinese tech firms.
humo.be/achter-het-nie…
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Parliament's 'odd couple' on China | Newsroom
Interview with #IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP on cross-party efforts in the New Zealand parliament to build New Zealand's Magnitsky human rights sanctions regime.
newsroom.co.nz/pro/parliament…
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Why is Japan cautious about taking stance on alleged Uyghur human rights abuse by China? | Mainichi
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata
mainichi.jp/english/articl…
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Britain withdraws its judges from Hong Kong’s highest court | Washington Post
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton: "for too long British judges have served as window dressing for the Chinese government’s brutal crackdown”
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/…
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BREAKING: UK House of Commons unanimously passes #IPAC member @Nus_Ghani motion calling on the UK government to make an urgent assessment on whether Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
The motion asks for the government to publish the report within 2 months.
Debate highlights👇 twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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#LIVE #IPAC 🇬🇧 parliamentarians debate reports of forced labour in Tibet, as revealed by IPAC advisor @adrianzenz.
Watch now: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/1d…
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#IPAC 🇸🇪 members @JoarForssell and @KerstinLundgren: Swedish government must not play a part in the Chinese government's 'propaganda machine' by attending the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
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As INTERPOL meets for its 89th General Assembly, Uyghur activist #IdrisHasan continues to fight extradition to P.R. China following a since cancelled INTERPOL Red Notice request.
#IPAC has called on Morocco to release Hasan, who could face torture if extradited. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
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📢#IPAC is hiring!
✊Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator
💻Responsibility for advocacy, research and communications
🌏Flexible location
More information and how to apply 👇
ipac.global/vacancies/
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UN accused of colluding with Chinese government to delay Xinjiang human rights report until after Beijing Winter Olympics | SCMP
#IPAC has joined calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to release a report on Uyghur human rights ahead of #Beijing2022.
scmp.com/news/china/art…