#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…
Claims that the EU is exercising 'strategic autonomy' amount to "shooting yourself in the foot autonomously". #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP on how the EU-China #CAI investment deal will increase Europe's strategic dependency on China. taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4099447
"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…
“It is our moral obligation to narrow the gap between our economic aspirations and our values. Otherwise we will become morally co-responsible for the CCP’s abuses.” #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP EU-China #CAI investment deal human rights concerns. hk.appledaily.com/news/20210218/…
Concerns around the impact of China's National Intelligence Law on UK telecommunications raised by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP. Chinese firms operating in the UK would be obliged to secretly pass on sensitive data to intelligence services if requested by the Chinese state.
"Even in the UK I don’t feel safe from the pernicious reach of the Chinese state." #IPAC advisor @MahmutRahima on Chinese government attempts to harass and intimidate Uyghurs and diasporic communities abroad. telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS called on the UK government to boycott the Olympics, describing China as “dictatorial, aggressive and intolerant”. theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
EU deal cements China’s advantage in media war | Politico Beijing has closed its market to European media investors, while EU keeps doors open to Chinese propagandists. Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP. politico.eu/article/eu-tra…
"If the UK does not stand up for victims of genocide, then I want to know what it will ever stand up for again." #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS writes in the @SundayGuardian sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/uk-not…
#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chairs Sen. @LucioMalan and Sen. @rampi speak to Deutsche Welle on China's influence in Europe. "When you make an economic agreement with a state that doesn't respect human rights, you are dealing with human rights." Watch the full interview👉youtu.be/fBnT0tsLqGQ?t=…
BREAKING: #IPAC satellite in Japan agrees text for Magnitsky legislation, which #JPAC plans to introduce to the floor as soon as possible. #StandTogether twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
Yesterday #IPAC 🇸🇪 member @HHeldina addressed the Swedish parliament, highlighting security concerns around Chinese investment in national infrastructure. The minister was questioned on the impact of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) on these concerns.
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS reiterates calls for sanctions on Chinese officials, starting with Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam. "It is time for us to let the Chinese government know these issues come with serious repercussions"
#IPAC 🇩🇪 member and Chair of the Bundestag Human Rights Committee @GydeJ MdB calls for the EU's new human rights sanctions regime to be used against those who have repressed political freedoms in Hong Kong. sueddeutsche.de/politik/demons…
Johnson faces Commons defeat as rebels stand against China’s ‘genocide’ | Sunday Times #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL all-party amendment to the Trade Bill will be debated in the UK Parliament this week. thetimes.co.uk/article/johnso…
Holocaust survivors urge Boris Johnson to stand up for Uighurs as genocide law fight resumes | Politico #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL returns to the House of Lords today. politico.eu/article/holoca…
New Zealand joins #IPAC with Co-Chairs Simon O'Connor MP and Louisa Wall MP. All Five Eyes alliance nations are now represented within IPAC. #StandTogether
"No one can seriously believe that the Chinese Communist Party is about to refer itself to the International Criminal Court for examination of potential genocide." #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL explains why the all-party #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill is needed.
#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenatorMenendez announces major bi-partisan China legislation. The Bill calls for the US to take a leading role in international organizations and for a values driven approach to abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. foreign.senate.gov/press/chair/re…
#IPAC 🇬🇧 members lead calls for trade deals to be conditional on legal determinations of genocide claims, with reference to abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. theguardian.com/world/2020/sep…
#IPAC 🇬🇧 members @YasminQureshiMP and @amcarmichaelMP call for use of Magnitsky sanctions for those those responsible for the mass atrocities against Uyghur Muslims in China. politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
“All five categories of genocide behaviour, according to the Genocide Convention, are already in play in Xinjiang province." #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @RhonddaBryant MP urges the British Olympics Association to call for a #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics venue change. theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
EU moves closer to sanctions for human rights violations in 6 countries | Politico #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs have repeatedly called on the EU to implement sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. politico.eu/article/eu-mov…
"We cannot allow the long arm of the Chinese state to reach into the heart of our European democracy." #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti backs calls for 10 EU Member States to terminate extradition agreements with China and Hong Kong to protect exiles in Europe. aninews.in/news/world/eur…
5⃣ Germany 🇩🇪 #IPAC members signed a joint letter to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The letter demanded Germany lead Europe's response to China's undermining of the international rules based order. sueddeutsche.de/politik/china-…