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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL raises the case of sentenced Hong Kong activists Martin Lee, Margaret Ng and Jimmy Lai in the UK House of Lords.
Lord Alton urges the UK government to call out the Chinese government's violations of international law on Hong Kong at the UN.
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"Isn't it time to impose Magnitsky sanctions?"
#IPAC Co-Chair Baroness Helena Kennedy calls on the UK to act on Chinese and Hong Kong government officials responsible for "grave and repeated breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration."
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‘Break their roots’: New report details Chinese authorities’ alleged torture, rape of Uighur women | Sydney Morning Herald
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson: Australia's lack of Magnitsky legislation a “gap in our sanctions framework that must be filled”.
smh.com.au/world/asia/bre…
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Will Europe recognize the Uyghur genocide? | Domani
Coverage of efforts led by #IPAC UK 🇬🇧 and Italy 🇮🇹members to secure parliamentary recognition of #UyghurGenocide.
editorialedomani.it/politica/mondo…
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Italy's Foreign Affairs Committee set to debate motions led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 members declaring the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs to be a genocide.
Agenda: camera.it/leg18/1099?sha…
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 members @MargareteBause @GydeJ and Michael Brand will lead a public hearing in the Bundestag to debate whether the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghurs constitutes a Genocide.
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#IPAC members @Nus_Ghani 🇬🇧 and @SamuelCogolati 🇧🇪 meet to discuss efforts in the UK and Belgian parliaments to recognise the #UyghurGenocide. twitter.com/Nus_Ghani/stat…
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Today the Lithuanian Parliament will hear evidence on human rights abuses taking place in Xinjiang, led by #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene.
The committee will also hear evidence from #IPAC members @bueti 🇪🇺 and @IrwinCotler 🇨🇦.
Watch live now: youtube.com/watch?v=2TBSOj…
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Today the Lithuanian Parliament will hear evidence on human rights abuses taking place in Xinjiang, led by #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene.
The committee will also hear evidence from #IPAC members @bueti 🇪🇺 and @IrwinCotler 🇨🇦.
Watch live now: youtube.com/watch?v=2TBSOj…
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#IPAC UK MPs joined with Uyghur activists in a show of solidarity ahead of a vote to recognise the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs as a genocide.
Follow the debate live from 14.45 (BST): parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0a…
@timloughton @MPIainDS @Nus_Ghani @MahmutRahima
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LIVE: #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani moves #UyghurGenocide motion:
“That this House believes that Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are suffering Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide.”
Watch here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0a…
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#IPAC 🇱🇹 Co-Chair @DSakaliene:
"I come from a family of political prisoners and exiles - we will never forget the Soviet Communist regime and their Gulag system. Thus the sanctions and threats by the Chinese Communist regime do not scare us ...
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"Today's vote must mark a turning point. No one can still deny the scale of the abuses taking place in the Xinjiang region"
#IPAC member @YasminQureshiMP speaks after UK Parliament declares the Chinese government is committing a genocide against Uyghurs.
edition.cnn.com/2021/04/22/wor…
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"The elected House has spoken and chose to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our international allies, the Uighur people, and all those who have been sanctioned."
#IPAC member @Nus_Ghani after UK Parliament declares persecution of Uyghurs to be a genocide.
news.sky.com/story/house-of…
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Parliamentarians across the world welcomed the UK Parliament's #UyghurGenocide declaration.
#IPAC 🇺🇸 Co-Chair @SenatorMenendez:
UK MPs have "shone a light on the egregious abuses the Chinese state commits against the Uyghur people."
Full comment:
theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…
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Yesterday the Lithuanian Seimas hosted a hearing on human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, receiving testimony from #IPAC members @DSakaliene MP 🇱🇹Hon. @IrwinCotler 🇨🇦 and @bueti MEP 🇪🇺.
Watch the full proceedings here (English audio): youtube.com/watch?v=2TBSOj…
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Bipartisan support for tearing up Victoria’s Belt and Road agreement | Sydney Morning Herald
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit: Belt and Road Initiative a "debt trap" for Australia.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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The Belgian MP who challenges Beijing over the fate of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang | Le Monde
#IPAC 🇧🇪 Co-Chair @SamuelCogolati MP speaks to Le Monde about attempts to recognise the persecution of Uyghurs as a genocide.
lemonde.fr/international/…
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"How can we sign an agreement with China, when it has blatantly violated the Sino-British Joint Declaration guaranteeing the preservation of Hong Kong's rights and freedoms?"
#IPAC 🇮🇹 Co-Chair @LucioMalan writes on the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
formiche.net/2021/04/lucio-…
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Anonymous paper seeking to refute evidence for atrocities against Uyghurs receives strong criticism.
Featuring comment from #IPAC adviser @adrianzenz.
smh.com.au/world/asia/anu…
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BREAKING: #IPAC launches global campaign calling on the @WHO🌏to invite Taiwan 🇹🇼 to participate in the upcoming World Health Assembly.
If Taiwan is left out, we all suffer.
It's time to #LetTaiwanHelp.
📽️ Watch our video statement below 👇
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International parliamentary group calls for Taiwan's inclusion in WHA | Focus Taiwan
#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair @AndreGattolin:
Taiwan's participation in the WHA "should not even be questioned."
Coverage of #IPAC #LetTaiwanHelp campaign 👇
focustaiwan.tw/politics/20210…
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International parliamentary group calls for Taiwan's inclusion in WHA | Focus Taiwan
#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair @AndreGattolin:
Taiwan's participation in the WHA "should not even be questioned."
Coverage of #IPAC #LetTaiwanHelp campaign 👇
focustaiwan.tw/politics/20210…
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Motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 Co-Chair @PavelFischer urges the Czech government to call on the @WHO to invite Taiwan 🇹🇼 to participate in the upcoming World Health Assembly.
The motion has been approved and tabled by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
#LetTaiwanHelp #WHA twitter.com/PavelFischer/s…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW @bueti @MiriamMLex @AnnaFotyga_PE call on 10 EU member states to terminate extradition treaties with P.R. China.
These moves are vital to protecting Hong Kongers, Uyghurs, Tibetans and the Chinese diaspora in Europe. twitter.com/EnginEroglu_FW…