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#IPAC 🇯🇵 members Rep. @ShioriYamao, Rep. Gen Nakatani and Sen. @yamazogaikuzo lead #JPAC delegation meeting with Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato.
The legislators highlighted the sentencing of Hong Kong activists and pressed for a Japanese Magnitsky human rights sanctions regime. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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"We have not forgotten your plight and we will not cease to long for your freedom."
Message from #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chairs Sen. @PavelFischer and Jan Lipavský MP to Michael Korvig and Michael Spavor on the 2nd anniversary of their arrest and imprisonment in China.
#FreeChinaHostages twitter.com/JanLipavsky/st…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: HSBC "behaved in a disreputable and appalling way in freezing the accounts of an individual fleeing for justice".
Coverage of IPAC members addressing UK parliament to condemn @HSBC for freezing Hong Kong activist's finances.
fnlondon.com/articles/uk-vo…
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This Christmas will be the third that Michael Korvig and Michael Spavor spend in a Chinese prison.
Join #IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP and our members globally in sending a message of solidarity and letting the Chinese govt. know we will not forget them.
#FreeChinaHostages
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 member and Chair of the Bundestag Human Rights Committee @GydeJ MdB calls for the EU's new human rights sanctions regime to be used against those who have repressed political freedoms in Hong Kong.
sueddeutsche.de/politik/demons…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @EnginEroglu_FW MEP submits an Urgency Resolution to the European Parliament on the deteriorating human rights situation in Xinjiang and widespread forced labour.
If accepted, the topic will be debated at the European Parliament's plenary next week. twitter.com/EnginEroglu_FW…
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP speaks to @SkyNewsAust on our #SolidarityWithAustralia campaign.
"What binds us together is that we all believe in democracy, we work together to meet the challenges facing not only Australia, but all our countries."
skynews.com.au/details/_62144…
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#IPAC statement on Chinese government criticism of IPAC 🇩🇰 members @Ammitzboell_K MP and @uffeelbaek MP.
We are proud that our members chose to do everything within their power to ensure @tedhuichifung's safety and liberty and commit to continuing to do so for all Hong Kongers.
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#BREAKING UK House of Lords votes to accept amendment proposed by #IPAC members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Kennedy.
The amendment revokes trade deals with states perpetrating genocide, as judged by the UK High Court.
The amendment will now proceed to be debated in the Commons.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member Lord @DavidAltonHL proposes amendment to the Trade Bill which would revoke trade deals with states perpetrating genocide.
"For 70 years we have failed to recognise our wholly inadequate response [to genocide]. Tonight we have a chance to put that right."
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#IPAC member and Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson @LaylaMoran MP asks the UK government to provide routes for young Hong Kong citizens without BN(O) passports to reside in the UK.
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#IPAC member @AlynSmith MP raises Urgent Question on the sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam.
Smith calls for sanctions on Hong Kong officials and assurances that activists sentenced under the National Security Law will not be barred from seeking asylum in the UK.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members have consistently called for the EU to adopt a Magnitsky style human rights sanctions framework.
Now the EU must ensure that Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere are top of the list.
axios.com/eu-global-magn…
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#IPAC coordinator @lukedepulford on proposed amendments to UK legislation seeking to invalidate trade deals with genocidal states.
If passed, Uyghurs could bring a genocide case against the Chinese state at the High Court of England and Wales. twitter.com/LBC/status/133…
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"Crackdowns on Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet have revealed the true nature of the Chinese Communist Party."
#IPAC advisor @jooeysiiu writes for the Diplomat.
thediplomat.com/2020/12/5-step…
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How a blow to Australian wine shows tensions with China | BBC News
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Sen. @kimbakit on our #SolidarityWithAustralia campaign.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-aus…
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"While handcuffs can restrain the body, they cannot control the heart or mind."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for Apple Daily.
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#IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda MP intervenes on the planned construction of UN data centres in China.
Van Helvert questioned the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on what guarantees had been sought on the security and integrity of sensitive data stored.
cda.nl/vanhelvert/nie…
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Italian newspaper @repubblica reports on #IPAC campaign by parliamentarians from 19 countries inviting "millions of people around the world to a Christmas toast against China's economic bullying of Australia" with Australian #FreedomWine.
repubblica.it/esteri/2020/12…
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Today #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP addressed the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), calling for greater cooperation between democratic countries in response to the China challenge.
Summary of key points below 👇👇 twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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We applaud the work of #IPAC 🇩🇰 co-chairs @uffeelbaek and @Ammitzboell_K in securing the safe passage of Hong Kong activist @tedhuichifung to Denmark.
Hui faced potential life imprisonment. His exile is a reminder of the desperation facing HK citizens.
hongkongfp.com/2020/12/03/bre…
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"We are asking you all to join us in standing against Xi Jinping's authoritarian bullying"
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP on IPAC campaign to buy Australian wine in #SolidarityWithAustralia.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead cross-party criticism of sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam.
The Parliamentarians call on the Japanese government to take a tougher stance on China's abuses in Hong Kong. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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Taiwan Ambassador to the Vatican backs #IPAC campaign to drink Australian wine in #SolidarityWithAustralia.
👇🇹🇼🇻🇦🍷🇦🇺👇
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4067375
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP lead cross party criticism of Chinese government's "coercive diplomacy".
The MPs call for New Zealand to call out Beijing's “abusive bullying behaviour” against Australia and Hong Kong crackdown.
stuff.co.nz/national/polit…