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BREAKING: Belgian Parliament declares Uyghurs at serious risk of Genocide.
The motion led by #IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati calls on the Belgian government to terminate its extradition agreement with China and to block ratification of the EU-China #CAI investment deal. twitter.com/SamuelCogolati…
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Winter Olympics: Beijing furious following calls for boycott | RFI
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics and coordinated action across 11 parliaments.
Featuring interview with IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @EnginEroglu_FW.
rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/fr…
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Belgium, Czech Republic Legislatures Pass Uyghur Genocide Declarations | RFA
#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati MP: “There can be no ‘business as usual’ with China while the Uyghur prison camps stay open.”
rfa.org/english/news/u…
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China state TV channel CGTN enlists UK student influencers | The Times
China’s state TV station offers UK students chance to win thousands of pounds by becoming pro-Beijing social media influencers.
Featuring comment from #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS.
thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL secures Private Notice Question on reports of mass internment and torture of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Lord Alton called on the UK to raise concerns at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council and to examine the findings of the @TribunalUyghur.
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS asks UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson whether he backed US efforts to adopt common strategy on Uyghur forced labour at the #G7Summit, as called for by #IPAC.
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS asks UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson whether he backed US efforts to adopt common strategy on Uyghur forced labour at the #G7Summit, as called for by #IPAC.
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"This is brazen and shameful thuggery - the actions of cowards who fear the printed word and the glare of media scrutiny."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL comments on raid of Apple Daily newspaper and arrests of journalists in Hong Kong.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Coverage of #IPAC calls for democratic states to stage a diplomatic boycott of the the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of severe human rights abuses taking place in China.
politico.com/newsletters/gl…
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BREAKING: #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR submits interpellation for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
The motion calls on Swiss officials to decline invitations to attend the Games in light of severe human rights abuses.
Link: parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb…
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Chinese government confirms sanctions on #IPAC 🇧🇪Co-Chair @SamuelCogolati announced in March this year.
The move comes in response to the Belgian parliament declaring Uyghurs to be victims of Crimes Against Humanity and at serious risk of Genocide.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 member @GydeJ MdB asks State Secretary Markus Kerber whether the German government is considering staging a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics, in light of severe human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region.
Full response 👉dserver.bundestag.de/btd/19/306/193…
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP call on Justice Minister @KrisinMana to block the extradition of New Zealand citizens and residents to China.
China's promises on the treatment and fair trial of those extradited have been broken in numerous cases.
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40 countries call for UN to be granted meaningful access to investigate abuses in Xinjiang, in a statement delivered to the Human Rights Council.
Last week #IPAC called on HRC members to back investigations into alleged genocide in the Uyghur Region.
france24.com/en/live-news/2…
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Growing calls for Australia to impose diplomatic boycott on 2022 Beijing Olympics | SBS News
Coverage of #IPAC actions across 11 parliaments calling for leaders to decline invitations to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
sbs.com.au/news/growing-c…
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Lawmakers Urge UN Investigation Into Xinjiang | RFA
Coverage of #IPAC calls for UN to investigate alleged Genocide against Uyghurs.
#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause: "there can be no turning away from the mounting evidence that documents these abuses"
rfa.org/english/news/u…
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Lawmakers Urge UN Investigation Into Xinjiang | RFA
Coverage of #IPAC calls for UN to investigate alleged Genocide against Uyghurs.
#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause: "there can be no turning away from the mounting evidence that documents these abuses"
rfa.org/english/news/u…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 calls on Prime Minister Mario Draghi to heighten Italy's coordination with the US, UK and other democratic allies on Hong Kong.
Formentini described the forced closure of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily as "an attack on democracy everywhere."
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#BREAKING: US Government imposes import bans on Xinjiang solar technology firm Hoshine for its use of Uyghur forced labour.
#IPAC has led calls for G7 states to block the import of solar technology products tainted by Uyghur forced labour.
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @EnginEroglu_FW leads open letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam following the forced closure of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily.
The signatories condemn the attacks on press freedoms in the city and call for the release of arrested journalists.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenRubioPress @SenJeffMerkley applaud the passage of their Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act through the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Bill will ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labour do not enter the US.
rubio.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy urges the UK government to join the US in sanctioning Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
Baroness Kennedy called for closer coordination on 'Magnitsky' human rights sanctions between the UK, US, Canada and European Union.
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先日 #IPAC 共同議長として出した声明です。香港で一貫して権力監視の立場を貫いた最後のジャーナリズム、アップルデイリーの廃刊。中国共産党そして香港政府によるこの言論封殺と国際約束違反に対し、民主国家が強く連携して戦略的な制裁措置をとる必要があります twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…