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🇨🇳 state media Global Times criticises #IPAC #SolidarityWithAustralia campaign, saying:
"They should also realize that Australia is economically dependent on China."
Is the Chinese government now backing our calls for countries to reduce strategic dependency on China?🤔
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"This isn’t just an attack on Australia. It’s an attack on free countries everywhere."
Comment from #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Sen. @kimbakit in @FinancialTimes report on IPAC calls for #SolidarityWithAustralia by buying Australian wine.
ft.com/content/f95e12…
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BREAKING: #IPAC statement on the sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam.
We stand in admiration of the courage and determination shown by the three individuals sentenced and offer solidarity to all Hong Kong people during this dark time.
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China's hard line against Australia is a lesson for us all | Japan Times.
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata:
"China has a clear track record of engaging in economic coercion by exploiting economic dependence."
japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/1…
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Coverage of #IPAC campaign to show #SolidarityWithAustralia and buy Australian wine featured on the frontpage of @theage.
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China is humiliating Australia as an example to others - but the bullying won't last | #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady writes for @smh
smh.com.au/national/china…
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#IPAC adviser on #Uyghurs @MahmutRahima explains her frustration at the lack of international action over suspected genocidal atrocities in the her homeland.
independent.co.uk/voices/trump-c…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chairs Sen. @rampi and Sen. @LucioMalan join a cross party urgent appeal to the Italian government.
The parliamentarians called for the prioritisation of arrested Hong Kong activists and expelled lawmakers in bilateral and multilateral relations with China. twitter.com/GlobalCRL/stat…
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Coverage of cross-party efforts led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Helena Kennedy to prevent trade deals with states thought to be perpetrating genocide.
If successful, cases considered could include suspected genocide against Uyghurs.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/2…
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#IPAC 🇫🇷co-chair @AndreGattolin calls on Foreign Minister @JY_LeDrian to suspend the France-China extradition treaty in light of the undermining of the rule of law in Hong Kong.
andregattolin.net/2020/11/25/tra… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Strange object found in Joshua Wong’s stomach: guts, courage, conviction and compassion｜#IPAC advisor
@benedictrogers writes for Apple Daily.
hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202011…
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"The greatest number of women that are being abused are Uyghur women by the Chinese state."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP addresses the UK Parliament.
Foreign Sec. @DominicRaab responds by calling on the UN Human Rights Commissioner to establish a fact finding mission.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members Baroness Helena Kennedy and @DavidAltonHL propose a cross party amendment to the Trade Bill to block trade deals with genocidal states.
If passed, this would open the way for the UK High Court to consider allegations of genocide against #Uyghurs and others.
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Congratulations to #IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Hon. @IrwinCotler, appointed Canada's first Special Envoy on Holocaust remembrance and the fight against antisemitism.
Cotler has consistently warned world leaders against ignoring reports of suspected genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/…
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Garnett Genuis MP addresses the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.
@GarnettGenuis raised concerns of 'elite capture' and the attempts of the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department to illegitimately influence democratic processes.
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 members ask the Italian government to ensure the EU-China Common Agreement on Investment does not open the door for strategic assets to be bought by companies under the control of the Chinese state.
@bianchimatteo79 @PaoloFormentin1 @AlexBazzaro
aic.camera.it/aic/scheda.htm…
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Earlier #IPAC member @GeraintDaviesMP had urged the Foreign Secretary to implement Magnitsky sanctions on Carrie Lam and tighten capital flows to Hong Kong from the City of London in response to breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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BREAKING: UK Foreign Secretary gives statement of solidarity with Australia in response to request from #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS.
@DominicRaab: "We stand shoulder to shoulder with Australia."
Australia is withstanding intense economic pressure from the Chinese government.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenRubioPress leads bi-partisan calls for 🇹🇼 participation in the WHO.
“Despite its indisputable accomplishments and contributions to global health, the WHO continues to exclude Taiwan from the WHA due to pressure from Beijing"
rubio.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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#IPAC co-chairs @SenRubioPress 🇺🇸 and @bueti MEP 🇪🇺 express solidarity with Australia as it withstands intense pressure from the Chinese government.
Rubio: "Democracies must reject the CCP’s bullying and commit to concrete actions."
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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#IPAC 🇨🇿 member @JanLipavsky MP joins calls to ban involvement from Chinese firms in Czech nuclear power, citing security concerns.
Full interview below 👇
irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/d…
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 members @MargareteBause and @GydeJ heard evidence from experts observing China's deteriorating human rights situation.
Concerns raised included mass censorship, forcible cultural assimilation and mass detention of ethnic and religious minorities.
bundestag.de/ausschuesse/a1…
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#IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair Sen. @PavelFischer leads the Senate Security Committee in urging the government to reject bids from Chinese firms to construct Czech nuclear power plants.
The statement rejects China's involvement in critical national infrastructure on security grounds. twitter.com/PavelFischer/s…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 Lord @DavidAltonHL calls for the UK to exclude perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity from new and continuity trade deals, referencing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region.