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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs write to UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab demanding sanctions on the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and six Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs and Tibetans.
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Full text of letter signed by 20 #IPAC 🇬🇧 parliamentarians to UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet.
Allegations include mass incarceration, widespread forced labour and torture.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @RepTedYoho and @RepMalinowski lead bipartisan letter calling for the UN to appoint a Special Rapporteur to investigate human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
The letter also received support from IPAC members internationally. twitter.com/RepTedYoho/sta…
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Today UK parliamentarians debated the National Security and Investment Bill.
#IPAC member @Nus_Ghani MP voiced security concerns around data harvesting by Chinese social media firms, who by law are required to hand over data to the Chinese government if requested.
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'If you make China the enemy, China will be the enemy': Beijing's fresh threat to Australia | The Sydney Morning Herald
The #IPAC mission to unite democratic countries in a common defence of our shared values is more important than ever.
smh.com.au/world/asia/if-…
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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.
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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 🇩🇪 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.
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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 👇
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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."
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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"
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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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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.
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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
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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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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 🇬🇧 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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"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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Strange object found in Joshua Wong’s stomach: guts, courage, conviction and compassion｜#IPAC advisor
@benedictrogers writes for Apple Daily.
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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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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-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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#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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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…