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'Hong Kong's fate shows the dangers of economic dependence on the Chinese Communist Party'
#IPAC 🇩🇰🇸🇪 🇳🇴co-chairs @uffeelbaek @FredrikMalm @IsaLann1 @Trinesg @tetzschner write for Svenka Daglabet on the 100th anniversary of the CCP.
svd.se/hongkongs-ode-…
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'There is still much work to be done to support Hong Kongers arriving in the UK'
#IPAC member @LaylaMoran writes for the Independent, calling for @HSBC and other banks to ensure Hong Kongers fleeing the city can access their pension funds.
@hk_watch
independent.co.uk/voices/hong-ko…
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Swiss Foreign Affairs Commission calls for the Switzerland - China Free Trade Agreement to be updated to include a binding chapter on human rights.
The motion was led by #IPAC 🇨🇭 member @WalderNicolas MP and will proceed to a debate in parliament.
parlament.ch/press-releases…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair @ShioriYamao calls for Japan to pass mandatory human rights due diligence legislation after major fashion firms accused of using Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang supply chains. twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
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Next week the UK House of Commons will debate a motion calling for UK officials to decline invitations to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calls for UK diplomatic representation to be conditional on improved human rights in the Uyghur Region.
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#IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair Senator @malcolmbyrne welcomes announcement that the Irish government will not send representatives to the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Byrne calls for Ireland to push for a relocation of the Games so long as gross human rights abuses in China continue. twitter.com/malcolmbyrne/s…
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Growing cross party support for #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Next week the House of Commons will debate a motion led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calling on UK officials to refuse invitations to the games.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Growing cross party support for #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Next week the House of Commons will debate a motion led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calling on UK officials to refuse invitations to the games.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 Co-Chair Louisa Wall MP leads cross party calls for New Zealand to take a stronger stance on the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghurs and Falun Gong practitioners.
Wall raised concerns of forced organ harvesting from political prisoners.
rnz.co.nz/news/political…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 @timloughton MP urges Prime Minister @BorisJohnson to back a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Loughton calls for an end to the "denial of human rights violations and genocides in Xinjiang and Tibet."
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Awesome #IPAC network making progress.
👉EU and UK will debate @Beijing2022 diplo boycott on the SAME DAY (thanks @EnginEroglu_FW)
👉UK motion will be taken to a vote. 👉And here’s @timloughton asking Boris about it an hour ago. twitter.com/fbermingham/st…
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European Parliament to call for Beijing Olympic boycott | SCMP
Motion backed by #IPAC 🇪🇺 members @EnginEroglu_FW @bueti @MiriamMLex @AnnaFotyga_PE calls for EU member states to stage diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Winter Games.
@hk_watch
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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Coverage of #IPAC campaign for @HSBC to release assets of Ted Hui and other Hong Kong activists charged under the city's National Security Law.
thetimes.co.uk/article/ftse-b…
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Boris Johnson orders review of Beijing takeover of British tech company | SMH
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chairs @kimbakit, @SenPaterson:
“In some countries, like China, there are really no strictly private companies immune from state direction"
smh.com.au/world/europe/b…
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UK should push companies to boycott Beijing Olympics over labour abuses, MPs say | Politico
#IPAC co-ordinator @lukedepulford: UK lacks import controls to prevent goods from the Uyghur region entering the market.
politico.eu/article/uk-sho…
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#BREAKING: EU Parliament passes joint resolution on Hong Kong, calling for:
👉Sanctions on HK officials
👉Termination of extradition treaties with China
👉 Diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Olympics
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex: "the free world cannot stand by"
@hk_watch
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@MiriamMLex @hk_watch #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @AnnaFotyga_PE:
EU and EU Member State diplomats must decline invitations to attend events at the #Beijing2022 Olympics in Beijing.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @fxbellamy praises the courage of journalists at Hong Kong newspaper #AppleDaily, forced to close after being targeted under the National Security Law.
"The Chinese Communist Party is methodically dismantling any democratic opposition to its totalitarian project."
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @hildevautmans:
"China has killed democracy in Hong Kong and Xi Jinping has made it very clear that Taiwan is the next station."
"A China that tramples on human rights cannot be a close partner to the EU."
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HSBC boss Mark Tucker accused of attack on democracy over Hong Kong | The Times
#IPAC members @MPIainDS 🇬🇧 and @uffeelbaek 🇩🇰 call on @HSBC to release frozen assets of pro-democracy activists and explain reports of refusal to recognise #BNO passports.
thetimes.co.uk/article/hsbc-b…
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Belgian Parliament formally votes to declare Uyghurs at "serious risk of Genocide" and victims of Crimes Against Humanity.
#IPAC co-chair @SamuelCogolati has called on the 🇧🇪 Government to fulfil obligations under the Genocide Convention and act to prevent further atrocities. twitter.com/SamuelCogolati…
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP and @Billbrowder drive efforts to build New Zealand's 'Magnitsky' human rights sanctions regime.
Wall: democratic countries increasingly "all on the same page" on targeting human rights abusers.
newsroom.co.nz/absurd-for-nz-…
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China’s cotton trade: Boycotts give hope to Uighurs but companies take a hit | Irish Times
#IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair Senator @malcolmbyrne calls on clothing manufacturers to ensure supply chains are free of forced labour abuses against Uyghurs.
irishtimes.com/business/china…
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Response on behalf of French President @EmmanuelMacron to #IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Senator @AndreGattolin on calls for the G7 to address Uyghur forced labour in supply chains.
Strzoda: G7 "unambiguous" on criticism of Chinese government abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB asks the German Federal Foreign Office what steps it has taken to address the "massive encroachment of press freedoms" in the forced shut down of #AppleDaily, Hong Kong's last remaining opposition newspaper.
Government response 👇
