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UK expands eligibility for Hong Kong visa offer | Reuters
Campaign led by #IPAC members @DamianGreen and @DavidAltonHL will allow those with parents holding a BN(O) passport to apply to live in the UK - including those born after 1997.
@hk_watch
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#BREAKING: UK government announces extension of #BNO scheme to Hong Kongers born after the 1997 handover.
Congratulations to #IPAC members @DamianGreen @DavidAltonHL and others for leading the campaign @hk_watch twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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Threatened, harassed, punished: The Uyghur translators telling Xinjiang’s story | Coda
#IPAC adviser @MahmutRahima speaks out on receiving Chinese government threats and harrasment for translating Uyghur survivors' testimonies.
codastory.com/authoritarian-…
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"What we are seeing today, as China hosts the games for a second time in 14 years, is the utter betrayal and abandonment of the Olympic Charter."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler writes on the Chinese government's human rights record.
#Beijing2022
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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#BREAKING: #IPAC calls on @WorldBank @IFC_org to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars invested in companies using Uyghur forced labour.
There can be no excuse for ignorance or inaction. The World Bank must have no part in financing these abuses.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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UK government rips up solar contract linked to Uyghur slavery | The Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton calls for bans on imports of goods made with Uyghur forced labour after multimillion pound solar contract linked to Xinjiang abuses.
thetimes.co.uk/article/domini…
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📢Press Release: EU lawmakers slam new air cargo route to Xinjiang 'forced labour capital'.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 members @SamuelCogolati MP 🇧🇪 and @bueti MEP 🇩🇪 lead calls for import bans on goods made with forced labour as direct flight connects Europe to Xinjiang.
ipac.global/eu-lawmakers-s…
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U.S. lawmakers push to rename Taiwan's de facto embassy in Washington | Reuters
#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenatorMenendez and @SenRubioPress lead bi-partisan bill to rename Taiwan's diplomatic mission in Washington as the "Taiwan Representative Office."
reuters.com/world/china/us…
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Multinational lawmakers urge world not to forget Chinese government threats against Taiwan as Olympics begin | CNA
Coverage of #IPAC #Beijing2022 #NoRightsNoShow campaign.
cna.com.tw/news/aipl/2022…
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📢#IPAC is hiring!
✊Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator
💻Responsibility for advocacy, research and communications
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More information and how to apply 👇
ipac.global/vacancies/
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#BREAKING: #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics statement.
#IPAC supports athletes competing at the Games and wishes them every success.
But we cannot allow the Games to distract from the PRC government's abuses.
Governments MUST act to hold the PRC government accountable 👇👇
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UN accused of colluding with Chinese government to delay Xinjiang human rights report until after Beijing Winter Olympics | SCMP
#IPAC has joined calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to release a report on Uyghur human rights ahead of #Beijing2022.
scmp.com/news/china/art…
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#BREAKING: #IPAC co-chairs call on @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to release long awaited report on violations against Uyghurs, before the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
As the world’s attention turns towards Beijing, the PRC government must be held to account for its actions.
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‘About time’: EU sues PRC government over economic coercion of Lithuania | Brisbane Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: WTO must act to ensure the Chinese government is held to account for "refusal to play by the rules".
brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/a…
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Czech Foreign Minister and former #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair @JanLipavsky confirms that no members of the Czech government will be attending the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/domaci/3433312…
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EU sues Chinese government in WTO over Lithuania blockade | Politico
The moves follow calls led by @MiriamMLex and other #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs calling for a tougher EU response to the PRC government's punitive trade sanctions on Lithuania.
politico.eu/article/eu-sue…
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"We cannot ignore the role that big banks play in financing the abuses taking place in Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on IPAC calls for investment blacklists on firms perpetrating force labour abuses against Uyghurs.
independent.co.uk/asia/china/xin…
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"In 2008 the Chinese government politicised the Olympics, we should learn from that."
#IPAC 🇨🇿 @PavelFischer cites Russia's human rights abuses at the Sochi 2014 Olympics and calls for Czechia to back the #Beijing2022 diplomatic boycott.
#NoRightsNoShow
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#BREAKING: IPAC leads globals calls for crackdown on financing of Uyghur abuses.
#IPAC members from 🇪🇺🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇨🇦 have urged their governments to block investments in firms perpetrating Uyghur abuses, after @HSBC investments in XPCC subsidiary revealed.
scmp.com/news/china/art…
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U.S. lawmakers call for U.N. Uyghur rights report before Beijing Olympics | Reuters
#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @MarkWarner leads calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to publish long awaited report on abuses in the Uyghur Region before the #Beijing2022 Games.
reuters.com/world/china/us…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members among over 50 parliamentarians calling for EU Member States to stage a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Failure to do so would be a 'carte blanche' for the Chinese government to continue its crackdown and abuses.
euractiv.com/section/china/…
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Chinese government bullying of Lithuania shows democratic world needs to to unite in defence of rules-based order.
#IPAC 🇦🇺 MP @kevinandrewsmp writes for the Spectator Australia.
spectator.com.au/2022/01/lithua…
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BREAKING: UK House of Commons unanimously passes #IPAC member @Nus_Ghani motion calling on the UK government to make an urgent assessment on whether Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
The motion asks for the government to publish the report within 2 months.
Debate highlights👇 twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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LIVE NOW: #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani moves motion calling on the UK government to urgently assess whether Uyghurs are at serious risk of Genocide, in light of the @TribunalUyghur judgment.
Failure to do so risks the UK defaulting on its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
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#BREAKING: French National Assembly votes to recognise Uyghurs as victims of Genocide.
France joins the 🇺🇸 and parliaments of 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇱🇱🇹 in declaring a Genocide taking place in the Uyghur Region.
The motion was co-sponsored by #IPAC 🇫🇷 member @DumasFrederique.
