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#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB addresses German Chancellor Angela Merkel, highlighting that the EU-China investment deal may be concluded while forced labour in Xinjiang continues.
Bause called for any agreement to be conditional on China ratifying ILO labour standards.
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#BREAKING: European Parliament adopts Uyghur Urgency Resolution co-authored by #IPAC members @bueti @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW.
The Resolution calls for:
1⃣Sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs
2⃣Ban on imports tainted by Xinjiang forced labour twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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Urgent Question raised in the UK House of Lords on state sponsored forced labour in Xinjiang.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy urges the UK to use 'Magnitsky' sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs.
"Inaction becomes complicity."
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#IPAC co-chair @MiriamMLex:
"Engaging positively with the Chinese people means standing with Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Tibetans and all those oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party."
Lexmann calls for EU bans on all imports made by forced labour in China.
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Highlights from European Parliament debate on resolution co-authored by #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW, @bueti and @MiriamMLex on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.
Eroglu: "What is happening in Xinjiang is a systematic nightmare".
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Today the European Parliament debates a resolution on abuses against Uyghurs, calling for sanctions on Chinese government officials.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @bueti @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW @guyverhofstadt have played a critical role in writing this resolution.
scmp.com/news/china/art…
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▶️LIVE NOW: Justice for Uyghurs: IPAC and Rodney Dixon QC
Join #IPAC co-chairs Hon. @IrwinCotler and Baroness Kennedy QC in discussing attempts to hold the Chinese government to account for Uyghur abuses at the ICC.
📺Streaming live on YouTube👇
youtu.be/wTyk31-W8BY
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: UK businesses "must wake up" to China's Uighur cotton slaves.
Further coverage of #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz report on forced labour in the Xinjiang cotton industry.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: UK businesses "must wake up" to China's Uighur cotton slaves.
Further coverage of #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz report on forced labour in the Xinjiang cotton industry.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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Xinjiang: more than half a million forced to pick cotton, report suggests | The Guardian
Further coverage of report by #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz into state sponsored forced labour programmes in Xinjiang.
theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chairs @MPIainDS and Baroness (Helena) Kennedy address UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab.
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#IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chairs Sen. @PavelFischer and Jan Lipavský MP address Czech Minister for Foreign Affairs @TPetricek.
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#BREAKING: 18 #IPAC co-chairs urge foreign ministers to issue statements in support of Australia against China's attempts at bullying and coercion.
Those petitioned include Canada, Czechia, Denmark, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK.
smh.com.au/world/europe/i…
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#BREAKING #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz releases report revealing widespread forced labour within the Xinjiang cotton industry.
Hundreds of thousands of Uyghur labourers in Xinjiang are being forced to pick cotton by hand through a coercive state-mandated labour transfer scheme. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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For our 🇬🇧 followers, subscribe to @BeijingToBrit for coverage of our #IPAC activities in the UK Parliament and more 👇👇 twitter.com/BeijingToBrit/…
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Difficult for companies to boast about their modern slavery statements and ERG credentials while employing members of a party which is enslaving #Uyghurs #IPAC
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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#IPAC comment on the leaked database of the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai branch member register.
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"We stand with you and will fight for your freedom."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS message to imprisoned Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
#FreeChinaHostages twitter.com/MPIainDS/statu…
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"Beijing is destroying the last vestiges of freedom and rule of law in Hong Kong."
#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause addresses the Bundestag, calling for Germany to not reward the Chinese government with a lucrative EU-China investment deal in light of abuses in Hong Kong.
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China's wolf warrior trade threats backfire, uniting Asia and West | Nikkei Asia
Coverage of #IPAC #SolidarityWithAustralia campaign.
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Comm…
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp leads Human Rights Sub-Committee report calling for Australia to introduce a Magnitsky human rights sanctions regime.
The proposals would allow the Australian government to target perpetrators of grave human rights abuses.
aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @SenatorAbetz joins the #FreeChinaHostages campaign.
Today marks the second anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on baseless and politically motivated charges in China. t.co/6IAXyy58u9
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"As we celebrate Christmas with our families, it's right to spare a thought for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor who will be spending a Christmas filled with fear about their future."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS on #FreeChinaHostages campaign.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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#IPAC 🇸🇪 co-chair @IsaLann1 adds her support to the #FreeChinaHostages campaign. twitter.com/IsaLann1/statu…