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#BREAKING: #IPAC calls on @WorldBank @IFC_org to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars invested in companies using Uyghur forced labour.
There can be no excuse for ignorance or inaction. The World Bank must have no part in financing these abuses.
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#BREAKING: Australia to introduce Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime to target perpetrators of human rights abuses.
#IPAC 🇦🇺 members @SenPaterson @kimbakit @kevinandrewsmp have led a cross-party push for this legislation. twitter.com/SenPaterson/st…
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Today's announcement that the UK will be suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong was welcomed by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members in the House of Commons.
SNP MP @AlynSmith pressed for further action, with Magnitsky sanctions to be used against perpetrators of abuses in Xinjiang.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs @MPIainDS and @amcarmichaelMP raise Point of Order highlighting concern at the Chinese Ambassador being invited to Parliament while the Chinese government continues to sanction #IPAC and other MPs for their parliamentary work.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs @MPIainDS and @amcarmichaelMP raise Point of Order highlighting concern at the Chinese Ambassador being invited to Parliament while the Chinese government continues to sanction #IPAC and other MPs for their parliamentary work.
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“It is a paradox that a state with a population of one billion chooses to intimidate a citizen of a tiny country instead of ending the illegal detention and torture of a million of its citizens"
#IPAC 🇱🇹co-chair @DSakaliene on being sanctioned by Beijing: baltictimes.com/china_slaps_sa…
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En tværpolitisk og stærk gruppe på fire medlemmer af Folketinget har tilsluttet sig #IPAC for at sikre en konstruktiv og kritisk holdning til Kina fra Danmarks side. Læs @Ammitzboell_K, @uffeelbaek, @naserkhaderdk og Karsten Hønge i @berlingske:
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"This is another example of the Chinese state denying genocide, despite it being glaringly obvious that the Chinese Communist Party are orchestrating the systematic eradication of the Uyghur."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @imranahmadkhan MP questions UK Minister for Asia Nigel Adams MP. twitter.com/imranahmadkhan…
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"Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP speaks at a UK Parliament debate commemorating #HolocaustRemembranceDay citing concerns of alleged genocide against #Uyghurs raised by Board of Deputies of British Jews.
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China retaliates after US, EU and UK impose sanctions | Financial Times
Beijing imposes travel bans on several #IPAC parliamentarians and advisors after co-ordinated sanctions against treatment of Uyghurs.
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‘Genocide games’: British MPs vote for diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics | Sydney Morning Herald
Motion led by #IPAC members calling for UK government representatives to decline invitations to the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics passes unanimously.
smh.com.au/world/europe/g…
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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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#BREAKING UK House of Lords votes to accept amendment proposed by #IPAC members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Kennedy.
The amendment revokes trade deals with states perpetrating genocide, as judged by the UK High Court.
The amendment will now proceed to be debated in the Commons.
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New Zealand agreed to visa contractor at ‘behest’ of Beijing police | The Globe and Mail
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Simon O'Connor MP:
"Serious answers are now needed as to why demands by an organisation with links to the Public Security Bureau were accepted."
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani launch cross-party parliamentary group to establish a Japanese "Magnitsky Act" to sanction individuals and organisations involved in human rights abuses.
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G7 backs fund to rival China's Belt and Road Initiative | BBC News
#IPAC was established to push democratic states to take a tougher stance against the Chinese Communist Party.
One year on, these calls are being echoed at the #G7Summit.
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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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Chinese government official threatens #IPAC UK member @Nus_Ghani MP after publishing a report on Uyghur slave labour.
The report called for tougher penalties on firms using Uyghur forced labour supply chains. twitter.com/Nus_Ghani/stat…
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Australia’s proposed Magnitsky-style sanctions law could target Beijing for its crackdown on dissent in Xinjiang and Hong Kong | SCMP
Coverage of efforts led by #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chairs @kimbakit @SenPaterson on Australia's human rights sanctions regime.
scmp.com/week-asia/poli…
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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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#IPAC 🇪🇺🇸🇪 member @LegaSve MEP urges Europe to wake up to the security threat posed by Huawei and other Chinese tech firms.
"The Chinese Communist regime spreads disinformation and propaganda and conducts extensive espionage on European soil."
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL
@amcarmichaelMP call on the UK government to follow sanctions on Belarus with action on Chinese government officials responsible for abuses in the Uyghur Region and Hong Kong.
politicshome.com/news/article/l…
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UK MPs call for more sanctions as report reveals China's 'cultural erasure' strategies in Tibet | The Telegraph
Coverage of #IPAC open letter led by @timloughton MP calling for action on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Tibet.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/2…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy QC gives evidence to the Belgian Parliament on human rights abuses against Uyghurs.
Baroness Kennedy calls on the Belgian Parliament to recognise Uyghurs as victims of a state perpetrated Genocide. twitter.com/SamuelCogolati…
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler on "clear and compelling" evidence for a genocide against #Uyghurs in Xinjiang and comparison to past genocides:
"these genocides were preventable. Nobody could say we did not know. We knew, and we did not act. Just as now we know and we must act." twitter.com/EvanSolomonSho…