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Next week the UK House of Commons will debate a motion calling for UK officials to decline invitations to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calls for UK diplomatic representation to be conditional on improved human rights in the Uyghur Region.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair @ShioriYamao calls for Japan to pass mandatory human rights due diligence legislation after major fashion firms accused of using Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang supply chains. twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
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Swiss Foreign Affairs Commission calls for the Switzerland - China Free Trade Agreement to be updated to include a binding chapter on human rights.
The motion was led by #IPAC 🇨🇭 member @WalderNicolas MP and will proceed to a debate in parliament.
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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
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'Hong Kong's fate shows the dangers of economic dependence on the Chinese Communist Party'
#IPAC 🇩🇰🇸🇪 🇳🇴co-chairs @uffeelbaek @FredrikMalm @IsaLann1 @Trinesg @tetzschner write for Svenka Daglabet on the 100th anniversary of the CCP.
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先日 #IPAC 共同議長として出した声明です。香港で一貫して権力監視の立場を貫いた最後のジャーナリズム、アップルデイリーの廃刊。中国共産党そして香港政府によるこの言論封殺と国際約束違反に対し、民主国家が強く連携して戦略的な制裁措置をとる必要があります twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy urges the UK government to join the US in sanctioning Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
Baroness Kennedy called for closer coordination on 'Magnitsky' human rights sanctions between the UK, US, Canada and European Union.
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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.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @EnginEroglu_FW leads open letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam following the forced closure of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily.
The signatories condemn the attacks on press freedoms in the city and call for the release of arrested journalists.
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#BREAKING: US Government imposes import bans on Xinjiang solar technology firm Hoshine for its use of Uyghur forced labour.
#IPAC has led calls for G7 states to block the import of solar technology products tainted by Uyghur forced labour.
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 calls on Prime Minister Mario Draghi to heighten Italy's coordination with the US, UK and other democratic allies on Hong Kong.
Formentini described the forced closure of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily as "an attack on democracy everywhere."
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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"
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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"
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Growing calls for Australia to impose diplomatic boycott on 2022 Beijing Olympics | SBS News
Coverage of #IPAC actions across 11 parliaments calling for leaders to decline invitations to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
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40 countries call for UN to be granted meaningful access to investigate abuses in Xinjiang, in a statement delivered to the Human Rights Council.
Last week #IPAC called on HRC members to back investigations into alleged genocide in the Uyghur Region.
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP call on Justice Minister @KrisinMana to block the extradition of New Zealand citizens and residents to China.
China's promises on the treatment and fair trial of those extradited have been broken in numerous cases.
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 member @GydeJ MdB asks State Secretary Markus Kerber whether the German government is considering staging a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics, in light of severe human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region.
Full response 👉dserver.bundestag.de/btd/19/306/193…
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Chinese government confirms sanctions on #IPAC 🇧🇪Co-Chair @SamuelCogolati announced in March this year.
The move comes in response to the Belgian parliament declaring Uyghurs to be victims of Crimes Against Humanity and at serious risk of Genocide.
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BREAKING: #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR submits interpellation for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
The motion calls on Swiss officials to decline invitations to attend the Games in light of severe human rights abuses.
Link: parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb…
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Coverage of #IPAC calls for democratic states to stage a diplomatic boycott of the the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of severe human rights abuses taking place in China.
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"This is brazen and shameful thuggery - the actions of cowards who fear the printed word and the glare of media scrutiny."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL comments on raid of Apple Daily newspaper and arrests of journalists in Hong Kong.
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS asks UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson whether he backed US efforts to adopt common strategy on Uyghur forced labour at the #G7Summit, as called for by #IPAC.
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS asks UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson whether he backed US efforts to adopt common strategy on Uyghur forced labour at the #G7Summit, as called for by #IPAC.