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LIVE NOW: #IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair Martijn van Helvert hosts press conference as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits the Netherlands.
Ömir Bekari, Uyghur survivor of a Xinjiang prison camp, will also give testimony. twitter.com/martijnvhelver…
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Fantastic news: Australia SUSPENDS extradition treaty with #HongKong and launches a visa scheme to assist HK people who wish to leave. #StandTogether #IPAC
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"While handcuffs can restrain the body, they cannot control the heart or mind."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for Apple Daily.
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#BREAKING #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz releases report revealing widespread forced labour within the Xinjiang cotton industry.
Hundreds of thousands of Uyghur labourers in Xinjiang are being forced to pick cotton by hand through a coercive state-mandated labour transfer scheme. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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Chinese foreign minister tells Germans ‘you know what genocide looks like’ | Sydney Morning Herald
#IPAC 🇪🇺🇩🇪 co-chair @bueti: using the holocaust as a “diplomatic football” is a reckless new low in the Chinese government's wolf-warrior diplomacy.
smh.com.au/world/europe/c…
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Chinese ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming fails to explain new harrowing footage of #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang.
#IPAC is calling for an independent and impartial UN led investigation into alleged atrocities in the region.
ipac.global/campaigns/uygh… twitter.com/BBCPolitics/st…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members have consistently called for the EU to adopt a Magnitsky style human rights sanctions framework.
Now the EU must ensure that Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere are top of the list.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 calls for a Japanese Magnitsky Act to enable sanctions on officials responsible for Uyghur forced labour and other human rights abuses in China.
Featuring comment from IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata.
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The Chinese government is determined to deny Hong Kong the freedoms and autonomy guaranteed to them under international law.
#IPAC calls on legislators across the world to stand with the people of Hong Kong and hold Beijing to account for its abuses.
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#IPAC coordinator @lukedepulford on proposed amendments to UK legislation seeking to invalidate trade deals with genocidal states.
If passed, Uyghurs could bring a genocide case against the Chinese state at the High Court of England and Wales. twitter.com/LBC/status/133…
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👇 Legislators together, leading the way, defending shared values. #IPAC
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead cross-party criticism of sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam.
The Parliamentarians call on the Japanese government to take a tougher stance on China's abuses in Hong Kong. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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Coverage of concerns raised by #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB on the EU-China #CAI investment deal, including China's failure to ratify ILO standards on forced labour and breaches of treaty obligations to Hong Kong.
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BREAKING: #IPAC satellite in Japan agrees text for Magnitsky legislation, which #JPAC plans to introduce to the floor as soon as possible. #StandTogether twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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Special feature on Germany - China relations aired on @ZDF.
Featuring an extended interview with @nathanlawkc and #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair Michael Brand MdB.
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#IPAC member @hildevautmans with a strong call to Angela Merkel to review China strategy in light of events in Hong Kong.👇 twitter.com/hildevautmans/…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs write to UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab demanding sanctions on the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and six Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs and Tibetans.
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Excellent report from @Gabriel_Pogrund suggesting that the UK may SUSPEND its extradition treaty with #HongKong this week. Thank you to #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS for tabling an amendment to the Extradition Bill last week and to @SarahChampionMP for supporting.
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"On Hong Kong, China is behaving like a bully. And bullies only understand words when they are followed by action."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @LaylaMoran MP secures Urgent Question on Hong Kong in the UK Parliament, calls for sanctions on Carrie Lam and Xia Baolong.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti publishes letter in @lemondefr calling for a new common European policy towards Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.
lemonde.fr/idees/article/…
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BREAKING: Denmark joins #IPAC, led by co-chairs @Ammitzboell_K (Conservative) and @uffeelbaek (Independent Greens), becoming the 1⃣8⃣th legislature represented in IPAC.
They are joined by fellow members of parliament Naser Khader and Karsten Hønge.
🇩🇰 Velkommen Danmark! 🇩🇰
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BREAKING: #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz reveals the devastating impact of China's Xinjiang prison camps on Uyghur children.
An estimated 250,000 children have had a parent detained. Children with both parents detained are sent to state orphanages with restricted family contact. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani leads parliamentary inquiry into the use of forced labour in UK supply chains in China. twitter.com/CommonsBEIS/st…
