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We are honoured to receive personal thanks from 🇹🇼 President @iingwen after #IPAC called for Taiwan's inclusion in the World Health Assembly and WHO activities.
It is wrong and dangerous to exclude Taiwan's expertise from global efforts to fight COVID-19.
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#JPAC held its third plenary to discuss the Japanese Magnitsky Act. The meeting featured a video message from @Billbrowder, presentation by #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata, and briefing by the Lower House Legislative Bureau. JPAC has agreed to try and get the bill onto the Diet floor.
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BREAKING: #IPAC satellite in Japan agrees text for Magnitsky legislation, which #JPAC plans to introduce to the floor as soon as possible. #StandTogether twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead calls for Japan to enact Magnitsky legislation to implement sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Siobhain_Mc is right to hold China to account for breaking the promises made to the people of Hong Kong in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
Attempts to silence our members across the globe will fail. We will continue to #StandTogether with Hong Kong. twitter.com/Siobhain_Mc/st…
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Global MPs Urge ICC to Probe Whether Abuses in Xinjiang Constitute Genocide | RFA
Coverage of our #IPAC letter to the ICC Chief Prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda in support of a complaint evidencing crimes against Uyghurs and other minorities.
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BREAKING: #IPAC statement on the expulsion of opposition lawmakers from the Hong Kong Legislative Council.
This blatant assault on Hong Kong's autonomy demonstrates the contempt with which the Chinese Communist Party regards the Hong Kong people and their democratic values [1/2]
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"This is no longer only about Hong Kong – it is about freedom itself."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers calls for a global response to the exlcusion of elected opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong.
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Cross party Italian parliamentarians stand in solidarity with Hong Kong's pan democratic legislators and demand government action to hold China to account.
Signed by #IPAC 🇮🇹 members @rampi @LucioMalan @bobogiac @PaoloFormentin1 @EnricoBorghi1
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LIVE: #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @LaylaMoran raises an Urgent Question on the disqualification of Hong Kong lawmakers.
She calls for sanctions on Chinese officials and a new lifeboat scheme for young Hong Kongers.
"It's time for actions not words, it's time to make good on our promises".
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#IPAC member @AlynSmith MP urges the government to respond to China's breach of international law in Hong Kong by conducting an audit of Chinese investment in the UK's physical infrastructure and to review the role of Confucius Institutes in UK universities.
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#IPAC member @RhonddaBryant MP links the Chinese government crackdown in Hong Kong with prison camps for Uyghur Muslims, forced sterilization of ethnic minorities and repression of religious freedoms in China.
"Communism today looks remarkably like fascism."
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#IPAC member @imranahmadkhan calls for the UK government to coordinate actions with international partners to crisis in Hong Kong.
The Chinese government has violated international law and the fundamental human rights of Hong Kong citizens.
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Australian MPs condemn China's Hong Kong crackdown.
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit: "Australia must be a strong voice in standing up for the international order, and for the democratic values that we hold so dear, as do the people of Hong Kong."
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"We will continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong in their defence of the democratic character of Hong Kong."
Statement of solidarity with Hong Kong pro-democrat legislators signed by #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @MiriamMLex @bueti @AnnaFotyga_PE. twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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Japan eyes US-style law to sanction Uighur human rights abuses | Nikkei Asia
Coverage of #IPAC 🇯🇵 satellite @Japan_pac calls for a Magnitsky style human rights sanctions regime. Featuring comment from IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata.
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"Democracy is gasping for air"
Statement from #IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair Sen. @marcorubio slams the ousting of pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair @ShioriYamao addresses the Japanese parliament, advocating for a Japanese 'Magnitsky' human rights sanctions act and expressing solidarity with ousted Hong Kong legislators.
📽️Watch below 👇 twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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#LIVE NOW: #IPAC 🇯🇵 satellite @Japan_pac hold parliamentary meeting to protest the exclusion of opposition lawmakers from Hong Kong's Legislative Council.
Watch below 👇 twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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Coverage of interventions by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @LaylaMoran and @AlynSmith in the UK parliament yesterday.
All called for sanctions and other mechanisms to hold China to account for its breach of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong.
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Yesterday: The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemns #IPAC in response to our solidarity with the Hong Kong opposition.
Today: We announce 12 new members, expanding our alliance to 178 members across 19 legislatures.
We will always #StandTogether with those oppressed by the CCP.
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#IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair @PavelFischer speaks to the Sunday Guardian on Taiwan's exclusion from the World Health Organization:
"Health issues do not respect borders and do not show special consideration to leadership of any political party."
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"No religion is immune: Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and others have all been targeted."
#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp writes on the Chinese Communist Party's repression of religious freedoms.
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