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German companies may have to withdraw from the Uyghur province under new Supply Chain Act | Süddeutsche Zeitung
#IPAC 🇩🇪 Co-Chair @MargareteBause:
"Every German company must now ask itself whether it wants to maintain business relations with Xinjiang"
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#IPAC 🇧🇪 and 🇮🇹 members @SamuelCogolati @ElsVanHoofcdenv @G_Dallemagne and @LucioMalan co-sign letter backing Taiwan to participate in the @WHO.
"we should not let any political doctrine stand in the way of a more comprehensive effort to fight the pandemic."
#LetTaiwanHelp twitter.com/_TheFormosaClu…
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MP tables petition calling for a stronger response from the Canadian government to all human rights violations in China, highlights persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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BREAKING: #IPAC Statement on evidence of widespread Uyghur forced labour in global solar supply chains.
Xinjiang produces 45% of the world’s solar-grade polysilicon.
Democratic states must act to ensure supplies of critical green technologies are untainted by these abuses.
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Japan Nonpartisan Association for Reconsidering Human Rights Diplomacy @JinkenGaikou holds second general meeting, led by #IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. Gen Nakatani and Rep. @ShioriYamao.
Watch below 👇 twitter.com/JinkenGaikou/s…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 Co-Chair @bueti:
EU-China #CAI investment deal requirement for European NGOs operating in China to be managed exclusively by Chinese citizens a "scandal".
tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/…
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"Beijing is trying to scare European politicians into silence."
Interview with #IPAC 🇩🇰 Co-Chair @uffeelbaek MP on Chinese government attempts to intimidate parliamentarians and activists abroad.
information.dk/udland/2021/05…
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New Zealand agreed to visa contractor at ‘behest’ of Beijing police | The Globe and Mail
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Simon O'Connor MP:
"Serious answers are now needed as to why demands by an organisation with links to the Public Security Bureau were accepted."
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…
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French Senate backs Taiwan's bid for wider international participation | Focus Taiwan
Coverage of motion led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 Senators
@AndreGattolin @OlivierCadic and @VALLINIAndre backing Taiwan's participation in the WHO, Interpol and other institutions.
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#IPAC 🇧🇪 Co-Chair @SamuelCogolati MP leads scrutiny of Chinese tech firm Alibaba's branch at Liege Airport, Belgium.
Under Chinese law Alibaba would have to pass sensitive data on Belgian citizens to servers in China, with access to security services.
lecho.be/economie-polit…
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EU puts massive China investment deal on hold | Radio France Internationale
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause.
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BREAKING: French Senate unanimously passes resolution led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair @AndreGattolin calling for Taiwan to participate in the @WHO, Interpol and other multilateral institutions.
#LetTaiwanHelp twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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"It appears that it is now a crime in Hong Kong to remember the 1989 massacre".
#IPAC adviser @benedictrogers comments on the sentencing of activists taking part in the June 4th Tiananmen Square Vigil last year.
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EU puts China agreement on hold | Deutsche Welle
Interview with #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on the impact of Chinese government sanctions against EU parliamentarians on the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
dw.com/de/eu-legt-chi…
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G7 communique on China echoes calls led by #IPAC for Taiwan's 🇹🇼 "meaningful participation" in the World Health Organization @WHO and World Health Assembly.
#LetTaiwanHelp #WHA twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
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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-…
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In March, the EU implemented its human rights sanctions regime against Chinese officials responsible for abuses in Xinjiang, in a major victory for #IPAC politicians.
politico.eu/article/eu-amb…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 members led scrutiny of the CAI deal in the Italian Senate.
Senator @LucioMalan questioned the access given to state censored Chinese media to the EU, with much EU media blocked in China.
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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#IPAC members also led a resolution on Hong Kong in the European Parliament.
IPAC Co-Chair @MiriamMLex MEP said that the EU could not be a "credible actor" if it rewarded governments committing human rights abuses with lucrative investment deals.
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Last December, #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW @bueti and @MiriamMLex co-authored a European Parliament resolution highlighting links between widespread Uyghur forced labour.
@EnginEroglu_FW described the situation in Xinjiang as a "systematic nightmare".
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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BREAKING: EU suspends efforts to ratify China investment deal.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 members have made key contributions in highlighting human rights concerns in the #CAI agreement [THREAD]
hongkongfp.com/2021/05/04/bre…
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Hearing led by #IPAC 🇧🇪 Co-Chair @SamuelCogolati cancelled after Belgian parliament targeted by cyber-attack.
The session planned to hear evidence on whether the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs constitutes a genocide, it has now been postponed.
lalibre.be/belgique/polit…
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Meet the man China is taking desperate measures to silence | The Telegraph
Interview with #IPAC adviser @adrianzenz on Chinese government attempts to silence critics abroad.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/0…
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“Public health is the loser when any jurisdiction is excluded from participating in the World Health Assembly”
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson backs Taiwan to participate in the upcoming @WHO summit.
#LetTaiwanHelp
#WHA
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"parliamentarians from across the globe are realising that what happens to Taiwan matters to all of us."
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP writes in the Sunday Guardian backing Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly.
#LetTaiwanHelp #WHA
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