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"A national emergency doesn’t justify exposing UK consumers to slavery."
#IPAC Coordinator @lukedepulford comments on UK government purchase of PPE linked to Xinjiang Uyghur forced labour supply chains.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/…
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 member @guyverhofstadt MEP:
"The European Parliament will never ratify the China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment without commitments and proof that the human rights of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs & Tibetans improve."
politico.eu/article/eu-chi…
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Statement on reports Hong Kong authorities are considering prosecuting #IPAC 🇩🇰 members @Ammitzboell_K & @uffeelbaek.
We call on our respective governments to unequivocally condemn these attempts to intimidate our elected representatives and interfere with our democratic life.
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#BREAKING under sustained pressure from #IPAC UK MPs and Peers running the #NoGenocideTrade campaign, @GOVUK announces new policies to confront China’s abuse of #Uyghurs but stops short of addressing alleged #genocide
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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"The UK should be empowered not to trade with regimes overseeing genocide"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani
MP writes in the Times on campaign to #StopGenocideTrade through the UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-uk…
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp calls for Australia to adopt Magnitsky human rights sanctions legislation and to scrap Victoria State's involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative.
spectator.com.au/2021/01/high-t…
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UK government enacts #IPAC 🇬🇧 recommendations on imports linked to Xinjiang forced labour supply chains, but fails to address calls for High Court genocide determination judgements backed by #NoGenocideTrade campaign.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Sen. @AndreGattolin on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"It's hard to see how these gains outweigh the blatant human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet and against Taiwan, and the political cost of condoning such actions."
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4097272
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#BREAKING: UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab announces measures on Xinjiang forced labour called for by #IPAC members:
1. Updated risk profiles for firms operating in Xinjiang
2. Strengthened modern slavery legislation
3. No govt. procurement of forced labour imports
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#IPAC member @timloughton MP calls for the UK to follow the US in passing a 'reciprocal access' bill, prohibiting Chinese officials from travelling to the UK if China continues to deny access to Xinjiang and Tibet for international human rights inspectors.
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Canadian government issues advisory for businesses operating in Xinjiang, citing widespread forced labour and grave human rights abuses.
This answers calls made by #IPAC 🇨🇦 members for supply chain risk profiles to be updated in light of abuses.
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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China's treatment of Uighurs amounts to torture, says Dominic Raab | the Guardian
Featuring comment from #IPAC coordinator @lukedepulford on the failure of announced changes to address HikVision and Huawei complicity in oppression of Xinjiang Uyghurs.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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Featuring comments from #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @Nus_Ghani and @MPIainDS calling for Magnitsky sanctions on Chinese officials and support for IPAC #StopGenocideTrade amendment to UK Trade Bill.
ft.com/content/024920…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chairs Sen. @LucioMalan and Sen. @rampi speak to Deutsche Welle on China's influence in Europe.
"When you make an economic agreement with a state that doesn't respect human rights, you are dealing with human rights."
Watch the full interview👉youtu.be/fBnT0tsLqGQ?t=…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺🇸🇪 member @LegaSve MEP urges Europe to wake up to the security threat posed by Huawei and other Chinese tech firms.
"The Chinese Communist regime spreads disinformation and propaganda and conducts extensive espionage on European soil."
bt.se/ledare/lega-da…
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Amendment cracking down on imports of forced organ harvesting co-sponsored by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL passed by UK House of Lords.
Evidence shows religious minorities and prisoners of conscience are targeted for forced organ harvesting in China.
davidalton.net/2021/01/13/ame…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"When it comes to forced labour in China, the EU Commission is satisfied with superficial lip service."
thediplomat.com/2021/01/china-…
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#IPAC 🇺🇲 co-chair @SenRubioPress and Sen. @JeffMerkley lead bi-partisan support for #IPAC 🇬🇧 #StopGenocideTrade amendment.
The letter urges the UK to lead democratic nations in allowing genocide determinations in domestic courts, offering hope of justice for #Uygurs.
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#IPAC 🇺🇲 co-chair @SenRubioPress and Sen. @JeffMerkley lead bi-partisan support for #IPAC 🇬🇧 #StopGenocideTrade amendment.
The letter urges the UK to lead democratic nations in allowing genocide determinations in domestic courts, offering hope of justice for #Uygurs.
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Board of Deputies of British Jews back #IPAC 🇬🇧 #StopGenocideTrade amendment to the Trade Bill, which would give courts power to rule on genocide.
The amendment has received cross party support and will be voted on in the UK House of Commons next week.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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#IPAC calls to reduce strategic dependency on China featuring prominently in Germany's CDU leadership election debates.
wsj.com/articles/even-… twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
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#IPAC advisor and former UK PM Chief of Staff @NJ_Timothy writes in the @Telegraph calling for a global coalition of democracies to counter the Chinese Communist Party's growing threat.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/1…
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Jewish News backs #IPAC #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill.
"If MPs do not back the amendment, it will be their legacy and their job to explain to future generations why they did not make the Government stand up with adequate strength to China"
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"To lay such a Christmas present under Xi Jinping's Christmas tree after the year that we've had with China, that is quite a stretch"
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP gives interview on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
businessinsider.com/china-human-ri…
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"The UK must act now to save Uighur lives from ethnic cleansing"
#IPAC advisor @MahmutRahima writes in the Times in support of IPAC #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-uk…