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"The UK should be empowered not to trade with regimes overseeing genocide"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani
MP writes in the Times on campaign to #StopGenocideTrade through the UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-uk…
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#BREAKING under sustained pressure from #IPAC UK MPs and Peers running the #NoGenocideTrade campaign, @GOVUK announces new policies to confront China’s abuse of #Uyghurs but stops short of addressing alleged #genocide
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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Statement on reports Hong Kong authorities are considering prosecuting #IPAC 🇩🇰 members @Ammitzboell_K & @uffeelbaek.
We call on our respective governments to unequivocally condemn these attempts to intimidate our elected representatives and interfere with our democratic life.
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 member @guyverhofstadt MEP:
"The European Parliament will never ratify the China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment without commitments and proof that the human rights of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs & Tibetans improve."
politico.eu/article/eu-chi…
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"A national emergency doesn’t justify exposing UK consumers to slavery."
#IPAC Coordinator @lukedepulford comments on UK government purchase of PPE linked to Xinjiang Uyghur forced labour supply chains.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/…
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"Ignoring those concerns, Germany and France rammed through the deal, seemingly with little regard for the EU’s self-proclaimed commitment to freedom and human rights."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for CapX on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
capx.co/the-eu-should-…
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#IPAC statement on arrests of over 50 Hong Kong politicians, activists and lawyers supported by Japan Parliamentary Alliance on China 🇯🇵 #JPAC twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy raises the case of Hong Kong activist @tedhuichifung, whose family's bank accounts have been frozen by @HSBC:
"Beijing is co-opting banks and international companies which have strong links in Britain into supporting the security law."
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL labels the mass arrests of over 50 Hong Kong activists as "the methods of a police state".
Alton calls on the UK government to honour its treaty obligations to Hong Kong and implement Magnitsky sanctions against Chinese officials.
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Featuring #IPAC statement on Hong Kong arrests:
"We call on democratic countries to take immediate action at the United Nations and to consider what joint, punitive economic action can be taken to ensure the Chinese government reconsiders its actions."
smh.com.au/world/europe/c…
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BREAKING: #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs slam EU-China #CAI investment deal after arrest of over 50 Hong Kong activists. [THREAD]
Former Belgian Prime Minister and IPAC member @guyverhofstadt MEP says the EP will "never ratify" #CAI until human rights situation improves.
twitter.com/guyverhofstadt…
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Replying to #IPAC co-chairs 🇫🇷 @AndreGattolin and @iflorennes92, French Foreign Minister @JY_LeDrian stressed the need for a "better regulation of unfair commercial practices", adding that Chinese threats to Australia have no place in the rules-based international order.
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En réponse au courrier que les co-présidents 🇫🇷 #IPAC lui avaient adressé, @JY_LeDrian rappelle que les intimidations à l'encontre de l'Australie soulignent la nécessité d'assurer «un meilleur encadrement des pratiques commerciales déloyales» de la 🇨🇳
@iflorennes92 @AndreGattolin
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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.
ft.com/content/0de447…
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Europe has handed China a strategic victory | Financial Times
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair Reinhard Bütikofer MEP @bueti on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
“We’ve allowed China to drive a huge wedge between the US and Europe.”
ft.com/content/2d7596…
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#IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda MP raises concerns to the Dutch Foreign Minister on #Huawei Uyghur face recognition technology, calls for the Netherlands and Europe to blacklist #Hikvision and other companies complicit in Xinjiang abuses: cda.nl/vanhelvert/nie…
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#IPAC submitted evidence to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry into Xinjiang detention camps.
Recommendations made include legal determinations on suspected Uyghur genocide and a ban on goods linked to Xinjiang forced labour.
Full submission here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair Sen. @marcorubio spearheads bi-partisan efforts to require the US Secretary of State to make a determination on whether the Chinese government's persecution of #Uyghurs and other groups in Xinjiang constitutes genocide.
Full text: docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
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#IPAC coordinator @lukedepulford speaks to PRI @TheWorld on IPAC efforts to pursue legal judgements on suspected genocide against Uyghurs through the International Criminal Court and the UK parliament.
pri.org/stories/2020-1…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 member and Vice-President of Italy's Foreign Affairs Committee @PaoloFormentin1 addresses the Italian Parliament questioning attempts to rush through the EU-China #CAI investment deal. twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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#IPAC co-chair @bueti criticises 🇪🇺🇨🇳 CAI investment deal:
"A few market access concessions weigh more than both the need to stand tall against the appalling forced labour practises in China, and the opportunity of aligning with the incoming Biden team”
politico.eu/article/eu-nea…
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👏👏Congratulations to #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Andrew Hastie MP, announced today as Australia's Assistant Minister for Defence.
Hastie has led calls in Australia and globally on the need to resist the Chinese Communist Party's threat to democratic values.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…