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EU makes late bid to rival China on the Silk Road | Politico
Ursula von der Leyen to unveil €300 billion spending plan amid warnings of the Belt and Road's 'debt traps' and 'data traps'.
Comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti
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UK based @hk_watch human rights group accused of "foreign collusion" under Hong Kong National Security Law.
The group has been threatened with an HK$100,000 fine or three year jail sentence for its CEO and #IPAC adviser @benedictrogers.
reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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Growing cross party support for #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Next week the House of Commons will debate a motion led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calling on UK officials to refuse invitations to the games.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Growing cross party support for #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Next week the House of Commons will debate a motion led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calling on UK officials to refuse invitations to the games.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Amid accusations of genocide from the West, China polices could cut millions of Uyghur births in Xinjiang | Reuters
#IPAC adviser @adrianzenz finds birth control policies could cut between 2.6 to 4.5 million Uyghur and minority births over 20 years.
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On the #IPAC Co-Chairs call last night:
👉Legislators from 14 parliaments on 4 continents
👉Former PM of Denmark and @NATO Sec Gen @AndersFoghR
👉The person who saw through the recent US Genocide determination @KelleyCurrie
#StandTogether
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'There is still much work to be done to support Hong Kongers arriving in the UK'
#IPAC member @LaylaMoran writes for the Independent, calling for @HSBC and other banks to ensure Hong Kongers fleeing the city can access their pension funds.
@hk_watch
independent.co.uk/voices/hong-ko…
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 Co-Chair Louisa Wall MP leads cross party calls for New Zealand to take a stronger stance on the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghurs and Falun Gong practitioners.
Wall raised concerns of forced organ harvesting from political prisoners.
rnz.co.nz/news/political…
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Thread of coverage of #IPAC and @hk_watch press conference with Bob Chen, the protester beaten by PRC Consulate staff in Manchester.
IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @Afzal4Gorton @DavidAltonHL
accussed the UK government of a 'totally inadequate' response.
theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
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#IPAC statement on the 23rd anniversary of the persecution of the Falun Gong.
Today we remember all those in China who have been denied freedom of religious belief, including Gao Zhisheng, Chang Weiping, Pastor Wang Yi and all others imprisoned for defending religious freedoms.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members set to feature in three key debates in the Commons today:
1⃣ Urgent Question on Chinese takeover of UK semiconductor manufacturer
2⃣ Presentation of @timloughton MP's Tibet Reciprocal Access Bill
3⃣ Motion for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Olympics
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International alliance of legislators kicks off campaign to include Taiwan in WHA | Taiwan News
#IPAC Co-Chair @MPIainDS "At a time when the world should be uniting to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, it makes no sense to exclude Taiwan from the WHA"
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4189100
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“If we protect Ukraine ... then I think that would be a lesson, a hard lesson, for the People’s Republic of China."
#IPAC co-chair @DSakaliene MP says Chinese government could be 'inspired' to take action against Taiwan if Russia succeeds in Ukraine.
taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar…
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Beijing's repression against Uyghurs becomes clear | LRT
#IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene speaks to LRT on the mass imprisonment and forced labour abuses in the Uyghur Region.
lrt.lt/naujienos/pasa…
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UK considering ban on NHS procurement of goods made in Xinjiang | The Guardian
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: "We have a duty to protect the NHS from involvement in the heinous things done to Uyghur people."
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
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Following credible reports that Putin delayed his invasion of 🇺🇦 at the request of Xi Jinping, now seems a good time to re-up the standing invitation for legislators to join #IPAC. #Standtogether
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Bipartisan support for tearing up Victoria’s Belt and Road agreement | Sydney Morning Herald
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit: Belt and Road Initiative a "debt trap" for Australia.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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UK judges quit Hong Kong court over security law | The Times
The resignation announcement came just before a Westminster Hall debate on the role of British judges in Hong Kong, which had been organised by #IPAC members @Siobhain_Mc and @MPIainDS.
thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-jud…
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#IPAC advisor @adrianzenz research on mass sterilization and forced birth control pivotal in building evidence for the US to label Chinese government persecution of Uyghurs a "genocide". twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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“This is despite repeated Chinese state-backed cyber-attacks on UK targets and attempts by Chinese government agents to intimidate and threaten UK residents"
#IPAC comment on UK failure to include the Chinese government on list of "hostile" state actors.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/m…
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Beijing's trade sanctions on Lithuania are "an attack on the whole EU bloc."
#IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP on the Chinese government's reaction to the opening of the Vilnius Taiwan Representative Office.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1…
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The #IPAC statement has received widespread coverage in international media:
smh.com.au/world/europe/c…
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‘About time’: EU sues PRC government over economic coercion of Lithuania | Brisbane Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: WTO must act to ensure the Chinese government is held to account for "refusal to play by the rules".
brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/a…
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The Chinese government issued sanctions on prominent #IPAC 🇪🇺 members @bueti @MiriamMLex @SamuelCogolati and @DSakaliene for playing their role in highlighting the abuse of Uyghurs, a move seen as pivotal in the EU's decision to suspend #CAI ratification.
reuters.com/article/us-eu-…