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Danish Foreign Minister @JeppeKofod responds to a letter led by @EnginEroglu_FW MEP and other #IPAC 🇪🇺 members.
The letter called for greater EU action in response to the undermining of democracy in Hong Kong, including sanctions on officials responsible. twitter.com/EnginEroglu_FW…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead 60 Diet members in a cross party statement of support for Japan to adopt a Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime. twitter.com/AkiraIgata/sta…
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Asahi Shimbun interviews #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata on #JPAC 🇯🇵 bipartisan efforts to introduce a Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime for Japan.
asahi.com/articles/ASP42…
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Ministers urged to confront ambassador over journalist driven out of China | The Times
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair Senator @malcolmbyrne
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Czech parliament adopts a resolution labelling China and Russia as "threats to national security".
A motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair Sen. @PavelFischer will exclude Chinese state backed firms from taking part in Czechia's nuclear power expansion.
english.radio.cz/nuclear-option…
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"By spying on its people's every move, China is assembling a bleak digital dystopia."
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS writes on leaked Chinese government database revealing ethnically targeted surveillance of Uyghurs.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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#IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair @malcolmbyrne calls for the Irish government to act after journalist Yvonne Murray is forced to leave China amid mounting pressure from the Chinese authorities. twitter.com/malcolmbyrne/s…
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Momentum builds behind #IPAC 🇮🇹 #UyghurGenocide resolution as US Secretary of State backs labelling the labelling of China's state persecution of Uyghurs as a genocide.
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"while Beijing might be able to knock us off the internet for a few hours – nothing will stop our members standing up for the Uyghurs, Hongkongers, and everyone else oppressed by Xi’s regime”
#IPAC comment after cyber-attack leads to website outage.
smh.com.au/world/europe/i…
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”The weight of evidence steadily coming out of the Xinjiang region leaves no room for doubt as to the horrific crimes, human rights abuses and ongoing obscenity being committed"
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit calls for a tougher response to Uyghur abuses.
afr.com/politics/feder…
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Tomorrow the Italian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee will debate a resolution led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 declaring a #UyghurGenocide.
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"I've been sanctioned by China – but that won't stop me speaking out over Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy writes after being targeted by the Chinese government for speaking out on Uyghur and Hong Kong abuses.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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China’s hard-line turn lifts chances of deeper EU-US alliance | Politico
Chinese government sanctions on #IPAC 🇪🇺 members and other EU targets leads consolidates calls for transatlantic cooperation.
politico.eu/article/china-…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair Rep. Gen Nakatani: US and EU sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for Uyghur abuses puts pressure on Japan to act.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0794c…
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Boris Johnson pledges to create G7 rival to Beijing's Belt and Road | Daily Mail
The pledge to curb the Chinese government's economic expansionism was made in a meeting with #IPAC 🇬🇧 members.
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#BREAKING Chinese government announces sanctions on US and Canadian individuals after action on Uyghur abuses.
Targets include the Canadian Parliament's Sub-Committee on International Human Rights, of which #IPAC 🇨🇦 members @GarnettGenuis MP and @HMcPhersonMP are members.
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#IPAC Belgium 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati speaks to BBC World after receiving Chinese government sanctions.
"as a democratically elected member of parliament, I cannot remain silent to testimonies from Uyghur refugees and verified information from objective reports."
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Sanctioned #IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @MPIainDS @Nus_Ghani @timloughton
and Baroness Kennedy issued the following statement:
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BREAKING: UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson meets with sanctioned #IPAC members.
The PM heard #IPAC concerns about the plight of oppressed groups in China and Hong Kong and gave reassurances that the UK will not turn a blind eye to attempts to intimidate legislators.
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BREAKING: UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson meets with sanctioned #IPAC members.
The PM heard #IPAC concerns about the plight of oppressed groups in China and Hong Kong and gave reassurances that the UK will not turn a blind eye to attempts to intimidate legislators.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead efforts to propose Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions legislation before the end of the parliamentary term.
asia.nikkei.com/Politics/China…
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"Those who are free have a duty to speak on behalf of those who are not – I will not be silenced by China’s sanctions"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL
writes after being targeted by Chinese government sanctions for action on Uyghur abuses.
independent.co.uk/voices/china-s…
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BREAKING: Five #IPAC 🇬🇧 members hit by Chinese government sanctions issue joint statement.
"These actions are not only an attack on us as individuals, but an attempt to stifle the free and open debate that is at the heart of our parliamentary democracy."
