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"Democrats need to have each other's backs."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP calls for a "united front of democracies" after several European institutions and individuals are hit by Chinese sanctions in retaliation for EU sanctions on Uyghur abuses.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @fxbellamy MEP sends a message to the Chinese government after EU parliamentarians hit by sanctions:
"You justify our concerns by trying to silence us instead of providing answers to our questions. And you won't get anything, because we won't be silent"
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#BREAKING: Chinese government issues sanctions on UK targets in retaliation for action on Uyghur abuses.
Those hit include #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS, Baroness Helena Kennedy, Lord @DavidAltonHL, @Nus_Ghani MP and @timloughton MP.
theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
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THREAD on #IPAC UK members hit by Chinese government sanctions in response to action on Uyghur abuses.
1⃣ IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS, credited by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab for leading calls for sanctions on Xinjiang officials.
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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BREAKING: Statement from #IPAC UK members after the Chinese government sanctions parliamentarians in response to action on Uyghur abuses.
We call on the government to urgently review attempts by the Chinese government to undermine free and open public debate.
Full statement👇
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BREAKING: Five #IPAC 🇬🇧 members hit by Chinese government sanctions issue joint statement.
"These actions are not only an attack on us as individuals, but an attempt to stifle the free and open debate that is at the heart of our parliamentary democracy."
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"Those who are free have a duty to speak on behalf of those who are not – I will not be silenced by China’s sanctions"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL
writes after being targeted by Chinese government sanctions for action on Uyghur abuses.
independent.co.uk/voices/china-s…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead efforts to propose Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions legislation before the end of the parliamentary term.
asia.nikkei.com/Politics/China…
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BREAKING: UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson meets with sanctioned #IPAC members.
The PM heard #IPAC concerns about the plight of oppressed groups in China and Hong Kong and gave reassurances that the UK will not turn a blind eye to attempts to intimidate legislators.
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BREAKING: UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson meets with sanctioned #IPAC members.
The PM heard #IPAC concerns about the plight of oppressed groups in China and Hong Kong and gave reassurances that the UK will not turn a blind eye to attempts to intimidate legislators.
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Sanctioned #IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @MPIainDS @Nus_Ghani @timloughton
and Baroness Kennedy issued the following statement:
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#IPAC Belgium 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati speaks to BBC World after receiving Chinese government sanctions.
"as a democratically elected member of parliament, I cannot remain silent to testimonies from Uyghur refugees and verified information from objective reports."
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#BREAKING Chinese government announces sanctions on US and Canadian individuals after action on Uyghur abuses.
Targets include the Canadian Parliament's Sub-Committee on International Human Rights, of which #IPAC 🇨🇦 members @GarnettGenuis MP and @HMcPhersonMP are members.
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Boris Johnson pledges to create G7 rival to Beijing's Belt and Road | Daily Mail
The pledge to curb the Chinese government's economic expansionism was made in a meeting with #IPAC 🇬🇧 members.
mol.im/a/9410709
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair Rep. Gen Nakatani: US and EU sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for Uyghur abuses puts pressure on Japan to act.
news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/0794c…
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China’s hard-line turn lifts chances of deeper EU-US alliance | Politico
Chinese government sanctions on #IPAC 🇪🇺 members and other EU targets leads consolidates calls for transatlantic cooperation.
politico.eu/article/china-…
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"I've been sanctioned by China – but that won't stop me speaking out over Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy writes after being targeted by the Chinese government for speaking out on Uyghur and Hong Kong abuses.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Tomorrow the Italian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee will debate a resolution led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 declaring a #UyghurGenocide.
aic.camera.it/aic/scheda.htm…
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”The weight of evidence steadily coming out of the Xinjiang region leaves no room for doubt as to the horrific crimes, human rights abuses and ongoing obscenity being committed"
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit calls for a tougher response to Uyghur abuses.
afr.com/politics/feder…
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"while Beijing might be able to knock us off the internet for a few hours – nothing will stop our members standing up for the Uyghurs, Hongkongers, and everyone else oppressed by Xi’s regime”
#IPAC comment after cyber-attack leads to website outage.
smh.com.au/world/europe/i…
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Momentum builds behind #IPAC 🇮🇹 #UyghurGenocide resolution as US Secretary of State backs labelling the labelling of China's state persecution of Uyghurs as a genocide.
rep.repubblica.it/pwa/generale/2…
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#IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair @malcolmbyrne calls for the Irish government to act after journalist Yvonne Murray is forced to leave China amid mounting pressure from the Chinese authorities. twitter.com/malcolmbyrne/s…
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"By spying on its people's every move, China is assembling a bleak digital dystopia."
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS writes on leaked Chinese government database revealing ethnically targeted surveillance of Uyghurs.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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Czech parliament adopts a resolution labelling China and Russia as "threats to national security".
A motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair Sen. @PavelFischer will exclude Chinese state backed firms from taking part in Czechia's nuclear power expansion.
english.radio.cz/nuclear-option…