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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL raises concern at the takeover of the UK's largest semiconductor producer by Chinese owned firm Nexperia:
"What assessment has been made of the dependency of UK manufacturers on China for imports of critical technologies such as semiconductors?"
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"the Government is hiding behind the fiction of an imaginary judicial mechanism that will hold the CCP accountable for its genocide of the Xinjiang Uighurs."
#IPAC member @DavidAltonHL on the UK government's attempts to wreck the #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill. twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/s…
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Resolution led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 Senators @AndreGattolin @OlivierCadic @VALLINIAndre calls for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, Interpol and other forums.
The authors say the "side-lining" of 🇹🇼 harms the international community.
Text: senat.fr/leg/ppr20-493.…
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Watch #IPAC 🇨🇦 member @DavidSweetMP and IPAC advisor @benedictrogers discuss declining religious freedom in China under Xi Jinping 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=OPv-i1…
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This was followed by a demonstration in Berlin with #IPAC co-chair @MargareteBause and @nathanlawkc.
twitter.com/RadioFreeAsia/…
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EU Lawmakers Ignore China Protests, Seek Stronger Taiwan Ties | Newsweek
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on Chinese government attempts to block report calling for deeper Taiwan-EU relations.
newsweek.com/eu-lawmakers-i…
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Aussie super funds cop heat for Chinese investments | The Australian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit calls for firms to examine whether investments could be enabling abuses in the Uyghur Region and Hong Kong, following latest report from @hk_watch.
theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
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BREAKING: #IPAC 🇬🇧 members call on UK PM @BorisJohnson to lead action on modern slavery in global supply chains ahead of #G7Summit.
The signatories call for the UK to blacklist firms failing to prove supply chains in the Xinjiang region are free from Uyghur forced labour.
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"Instead of a beacon of light and hope, today we have gone into the dark corridors of procedural purdah."
#IPAC UK co-chair @MPIainDS on government moves to block a vote on the IPAC backed #GenocideAmendment to the Trade Bill.
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‘There’s a duty to confront evil’: the Irish politicians standing up to the Chinese Communist Party | Independent
Featuring interviews with #IPAC 🇮🇪 members @barrymward @malcolmbyrne @SenatorMcDowell @MlMcNamaraTD on the launch of IPAC Ireland.
independent.ie/world-news/asi…
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We are delighted to also announce Rep. @G_Dallemagne (cdH) as a founding member of #IPAC Belgium 🇧🇪
ipac.global/team/rep-georg…
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"Donald Trump and Joe Biden don't agree on much but both of their administrations have now recognised that Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China are being subject to ongoing genocide."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MP urges Canada to declare a 'genocide' against Uyghurs. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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UK ministers accused of 'engineering' vote on genocide claims | the Guardian
UK Government moves to prevent a vote on the cross-party #GenocideAmendment to Trade Bill proposed by #IPAC members, avoiding likely defeat.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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.@LauraHarth covers #IPAC UK and US efforts towards genocide determination on abuse of Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in China.
formiche.net/2021/01/usa-uk…
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LIVE: #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani moves #UyghurGenocide motion:
“That this House believes that Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are suffering Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide.”
Watch here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0a…
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Democracies are still falling for China's lies | #IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @marcorubio writes for the @Telegraph.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/0…
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"We have not forgotten your plight and we will not cease to long for your freedom."
Message from #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chairs Sen. @PavelFischer and Jan Lipavský MP to Michael Korvig and Michael Spavor on the 2nd anniversary of their arrest and imprisonment in China.
#FreeChinaHostages twitter.com/JanLipavsky/st…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti: European Parliament not informed of plans to agree new rules for European NGOs operating in China.
#CAI would allow Beijing to gain "comprehensive control" over EU NGOs, with requirements that Chinese nationals hold key posts.
handelsblatt.com/politik/intern…
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Taiwan criticises WHO 'indifference' after failing to get into meeting | Reuters
#IPAC led global calls for Taiwan's inclusion in the World Health Assembly and @WHO.
#WHA74 #LetTaiwanHelp
reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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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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#JPAC が連携している #IPAC が「新疆ウイグル自治区の強制収容所における拷問及びレイプの報道に関する声明」を公表しました。IPACに参加している日本からの賛同議員はこちら。
声明の元となったBBCの報道
bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair Rep. Gen Nakatani calls for Japan to ratify the Genocide Convention and implement a Magnitsky-style targeted sanctions regime as part of a renewed "human rights diplomacy".
axios.com/china-united-s…
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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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"The UK should be empowered not to trade with regimes overseeing genocide"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani
MP writes in the Times on campaign to #StopGenocideTrade through the UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-uk…