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BREAKING: Canada recognizes China's treatment of Uyghurs as a genocide.
The Canadian Parliament passed the #UyghurGenocide resolution backed by #IPAC 🇨🇦 members @GarnettGenuis MP @IrwinCotler and others.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
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Today the Canadian Parliament will vote on the #UyghurGenocide motion, receiving cross party backing from #IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chairs @GarnettGenuis MP and Hon. @IrwinCotler. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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"Anyone who says that there is not enough evidence is simply too cowardly to look through the window of their computer screen."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MP speaks in the Canadian Parliament in support of an opposition motion declaring a "genocide" in Xinjiang.
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"Short of their proposed guided tour of the concentration camps, what evidence would they consider sufficient to recognise this genocide?"
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MP urges the Canadian government to label China's treatment of Uyghurs as "genocide". twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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#IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP leads a resolution in the Lithuanian Parliament condemning systemic torture and sexual abuse in Xinjiang's prison camps.
The resolution also calls for international investigations into alleged genocide against Uyghurs.
lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…
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“It is our moral obligation to narrow the gap between our economic aspirations and our values. Otherwise we will become morally co-responsible for the CCP’s abuses.”
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP EU-China #CAI investment deal human rights concerns.
hk.appledaily.com/news/20210218/…
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"There is satellite imagery of the camps, survivor testimony, expert reports, recognition by both U.S. Democrat and Republican officials and even a report by Canadian MPs."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis backs motion declaring 'genocide' in Xinjiang.
cbc.ca/news/politics/…
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler on "clear and compelling" evidence for a genocide against #Uyghurs in Xinjiang and comparison to past genocides:
"these genocides were preventable. Nobody could say we did not know. We knew, and we did not act. Just as now we know and we must act." twitter.com/EvanSolomonSho…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani present IPAC statement on reports of systemic torture and sexual abuse in Xinjiang prison camps to Rep. Minoru Kihara, National Security Assistant to the Prime Minister. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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Motion led by #IPAC 🇩🇪 member @GydeJ MdB calls for Germany and the EU to respond to China's repression in Hong Kong by offering refuge to fleeing Hong Kongers and renegotiating the EU-China #CAI deal to take into account forced labour and human rights concerns. twitter.com/GydeJ/status/1…
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Chinese state media threatens to sanction countries that boycott the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics after #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and @RhonddaBryant MP raised the issue in the UK Parliament.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani present IPAC statement on reports of systemic torture and sexual abuse in Xinjiang prison camps to Cllr. Adachi Masashi, economic and political advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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"The Myanmar coup is more proof that democracy is under threat"
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers and @nathanlawkc link the coup in Myanmar to the Chinese government's crushing of democracy in Hong Kong.
independent.co.uk/voices/myanmar…
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“We cannot continue to do ‘business as usual’ with China while mounting evidence documents the most horrific state perpetrated abuses against Uyghurs and others in the Xinjiang region."
#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
rfa.org/english/news/u…
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The Chinese Embassy in Brussels has issued a statement criticising #IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati MP and labelling abuses in Xinjiang as "fake news".
Cogolati has tabled a parliamentary resolution calling on the Belgian government to declare an ongoing 'genocide' in Xinjiang. twitter.com/SamuelCogolati…
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“The decision to ban the BBC from airing in China is yet another example of the intolerance that the Chinese government has towards those who reveal the truth about its authoritarian rule.”
Comment from #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @YasminQureshiMP on China's BBC ban.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
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"If the Chinese government has got nothing to hide in Xinjiang, what has it got to fear from the free press?"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @YasminQureshiMP on the #BBC China ban, full comment below 👇
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#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati MP submits a resolution to Belgian Parliament calling for:
1⃣ Declaration of 'genocide' against Uyghurs in Xinjiang
2⃣ No EU-China #CAI deal without ratification of ILO standards on forced labour
3⃣ Suspension of the 🇧🇪🇨🇳 extradition treaty
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL pledges to continue struggle for the #GenocideAmendment in the House of Lords, aiming to give UK courts the powers to consider genocide cases.
Full story 👇smh.com.au/world/europe/b…
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Rebel MPs vow to fight on after UK government thwarts ‘genocide’ trade law | Politico
Featuring comment from #IPAC UK co-chair @MPIainDS on the #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill.
politico.eu/article/rebel-…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez lead the reintroduction of the bi-partisan Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act.
This legislation seeks to ensure Hong Kong protestors at risk of persecution are eligible for Priority 2 Refugee status.
rubio.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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VOTE RESULT: Government compromise amendment narrowly wins by 318 to 303 votes, defeating the #GenocideAmendment.
#IPAC UK members have vowed to continue working on the Genocide Amendment in the House of Lords.
Read our full press statement here: ipac.global/uk-government-… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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"Instead of a beacon of light and hope, today we have gone into the dark corridors of procedural purdah."
#IPAC UK co-chair @MPIainDS on government moves to block a vote on the IPAC backed #GenocideAmendment to the Trade Bill.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS blasts UK government's attempts to block a vote on the #GenocideAmendment as "arcane procedural games” that "demean democracy".
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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UK ministers accused of 'engineering' vote on genocide claims | the Guardian
UK Government moves to prevent a vote on the cross-party #GenocideAmendment to Trade Bill proposed by #IPAC members, avoiding likely defeat.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…