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Back Lithuania or face more coercion from China, lawmakers tell EU chiefs | SCMP
#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs lead letter warning against Chinese government attempts to 'divide and rule' among EU member states.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex leads letter to EU leaders calling for solidarity with Lithuania as it withstands pressure from Beijing.
"failing to respond to the PRC's actions would embolden it to engage in further coercion against Lithuania or any other EU member state" twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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Home Secretary @pritipatel speaks of the "harrowing" intimidation of Hong Kongers accessing the BN(O) visa scheme by the Chinese government.
The answer came in response to calls from #IPAC member @timloughton to protect British Chinese groups from CCP harassment in the UK.
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis calls for revival of special parliamentary committee on Canada-China relations to examine Chinese government threats against Taiwan and Indo-Pacific countries.
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#BREAKING: Denmark to join diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Olympics over human rights concerns.
Congratulations to @uffeelbaek and #IPAC 🇩🇰 members for leading the campaign.
Growing momentum behind #IPAC calls for #NoRightsNoShow
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#BREAKING: Denmark to join diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Olympics over human rights concerns.
Congratulations to @uffeelbaek and #IPAC 🇩🇰 members for leading the campaign.
Growing momentum behind #IPAC calls for #NoRightsNoShow
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Sweden's failure to carry out a diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 is a "betrayal" to Uyghurs and for pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
#IPAC 🇸🇪 members @DavidLega @IsaLann1 and @hampushagman write for Jyllands-Posten.
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Chinese 'agent' meddling in British politics, MI5 warns | Nikkei Asia
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calls on the UK government to conduct investigations into the Chinese Communist Party's 'United Front' lobbying efforts in Parliament.
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Amendment co-sponsored by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Kennedy aims to prevent health procurement from regions linked to suspected genocide.
If succesful, the amendment could see the UK government instructed to assess whether #Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
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Humo interview with #IPAC 🇧🇪 Belgium co-chair @SamuelCogolati on prevalence of #Hikvision surveillance cameras in Belgian government buildings.
Cogolati: Belgium too "naive" about risk of Chinese government surveillance through Chinese tech firms.
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#BREAKING Sunday Times finds that @HSBC has continued to buy shares in subsidiaries of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) *AFTER* the XPCC was sanctioned by @USTreasury in 2020. Featuring comment from #IPAC members 👇
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Beijing's trade sanctions on Lithuania are "an attack on the whole EU bloc."
#IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP on the Chinese government's reaction to the opening of the Vilnius Taiwan Representative Office.
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#BREAKING: German Foreign Minister @ABaerbock announces she will NOT be attending the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#IPAC 🇩🇪 members have called on government officials not to attend the Games in light of ongoing human rights abuses.
#NoRightsNoShow
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Dependence on PRC imports makes Belgium vulnerable | De Tijd
#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @ElsVanHoofcdenv calls for Belgium to reduce its trade dependency on P.R. China, following IPAC report highlighting vulnerabilities in supply chains of organic chemicals.
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#IPAC 🇸🇪 members @hampushagman and @david_josefsson submit interpellations for the Swedish Riksdag to debate a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The text references human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region and the kidnapping of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai.
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#BREAKING: UN Committee Against Torture requests Moroccan authorities NOT to extradite Uyghur asylum seeker Idris Hassan to the PRC.
#IPAC has warned @Marocdiplo_EN on the severe risk of torture that Hassan would face if extradited.
@SafeguardDefend twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Hong Kong Legislative Council election is "an exhibition in authoritarianism"
#IPAC statement on Hong Kong Legislative Council elections.
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#IPAC members in 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇴🇸🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 have written to their Moroccan Embassies raising the case of Uyghur asylym seeker #IdrisHassan.
Those extradited to the PRC could face torture and arbitrary detention.
#DoNotExtradite
@Marocdiplo_EN
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House unanimously passes Uyghur forced labor bill | Axios
The legislation will ban imports from Xinjiang unless goods can be proved to be free of Uyghur forced labour.
Congratulations to #IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenRubioPress for leading the campaign.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL:
Will the UK honour its obligations under international law to act to prevent Genocide, at the instant it learns of a serious risk of Genocide?
UK government response to conclusion of the @TribunalUyghur debated in the House of Lords.
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UPDATED: Growing pressure on French Minister @RoxaMaracineanu NOT to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of severe human rights abuses.
Letter led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 members gains further signatures from cross-party Députées and Senators.
#NoRightsNoShow
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Moroccan court gives green light to extradition proceedings for Uyghur #IdrisHasan to P.R. China.
#IPAC members have called upon the Moroccan authorities to block Hasan's extradition, knowing that he would be at high risk of torture and persecution by the PRC government. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
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#IPAC 🇸🇪 members @JoarForssell and @KerstinLundgren: Swedish government must not play a part in the Chinese government's 'propaganda machine' by attending the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
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