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China scholars rally in support of #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady, who has faced threats and harassment after revealing links between New Zealand universities and Chinese military institutions.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez introduce a bi-partisan resolution to designate abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang as genocide.
The resolution demands China be held accountable under the UN Genocide Convention.
Full text below 👇
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#IPAC advisors @AMFChina @MareikeOhlberg lead over 100 experts and academics in opposing the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
The statement claims CAI "entrenches Europe's existing strategic dependency on China and runs counter to Europe's core values."
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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.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: HSBC "behaved in a disreputable and appalling way in freezing the accounts of an individual fleeing for justice".
Coverage of IPAC members addressing UK parliament to condemn @HSBC for freezing Hong Kong activist's finances.
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#BREAKING Sunday Times finds that @HSBC has continued to buy shares in subsidiaries of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) *AFTER* the XPCC was sanctioned by @USTreasury in 2020. Featuring comment from #IPAC members 👇
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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.
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"Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of Europe isn’t quite going according to plan."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for @appledaily_hk
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"Ratification of the agreement while mounting evidence documents forced labour and other human rights abuses in Xinjiang would be a major propaganda victory for the Chinese government."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 MEP @EnginEroglu_FW on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
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#IPAC member @Siobhain_Mc MP calls on UK financial regulators to exert influence on banks and financial institutions acting as a "prop" to totalitarian regimes.
McDonagh raises the case of Hong Kong pro-democrat activist @tedhuichifung, whose accounts have been frozen by @HSBC. twitter.com/Siobhain_Mc/st…
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Polish courts block the extradition of Swedish citizen Li Zhihui to China, after two years in detention.
Li's extended detention underscores the importance of #IPAC calls for democratic countries to suspend extradition treaties with Hong Kong and China.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs announce intention to bring revised #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill, aiming to allow UK courts to judge genocide cases and hold China accountable for Xinjiang abuses.
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We welcome the passing of the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, supported by #IPAC 🇺🇲 members.
We are calling for governments around the world to also urgently review supply chain risk profiles in light of reports of forced labor in Tibet.
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BREAKING: Italy joins #IPAC with Co-Chairs @LucioMalan @rampi
Membership is now 104 legislators from 13 legislatures incl: @guyverhofstadt @KarinKarlsbro @ChrisCoons @GydeJ @RepGallagher @RepMalinowski @TedYoho @JoaquinCastrotx @RepGonzalez @Andrew_Adonis @LiamFox and many more
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The Czech Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs labels China's treatment of Uyghurs "inhumane", in a motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair @JanLipavsky MP.
Full text of the motion: psp.cz/sqw/text/text2…
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Regrettable targeting of #IPAC’s advisors. It will not be lost on observers that this attack on @adrianzenz fails to address his actual research, which was based on publicly available government data.
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#BREAKING: Over 20 #IPAC 🇪🇺 members join @EnginEroglu_FW MEP in calling on the EU to offer a lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers fleeing persecution.
The signatories call on the Council and Commission to open a special visa route for Hong Kongers to work and study in Europe.
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Featuring #IPAC statement on Hong Kong arrests:
"We call on democratic countries to take immediate action at the United Nations and to consider what joint, punitive economic action can be taken to ensure the Chinese government reconsiders its actions."
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MPs push for parliamentary probe into CCP influence at Australian universities.
Led by #IPAC 🇦🇺 members @kimbakit and @SenPaterson
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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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#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB addresses German Chancellor Angela Merkel, highlighting that the EU-China investment deal may be concluded while forced labour in Xinjiang continues.
Bause called for any agreement to be conditional on China ratifying ILO labour standards.
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"This is no longer only about Hong Kong – it is about freedom itself."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers calls for a global response to the exlcusion of elected opposition lawmakers in Hong Kong.
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"Ignoring those concerns, Germany and France rammed through the deal, seemingly with little regard for the EU’s self-proclaimed commitment to freedom and human rights."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for CapX on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
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Canada urges UK 'do right thing' - China is to blame for Uighur genocide | The Express
Featuring comment from #IPAC members @Nus_Ghani and @DavidAltonHL in support of revised #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill.
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BREAKING: Denmark joins #IPAC, led by co-chairs @Ammitzboell_K (Conservative) and @uffeelbaek (Independent Greens), becoming the 1⃣8⃣th legislature represented in IPAC.
They are joined by fellow members of parliament Naser Khader and Karsten Hønge.
🇩🇰 Velkommen Danmark! 🇩🇰
