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Global legislators urge support for Lithuania, Taiwan amid China pressure | Focus Taiwan
Featuring comment from #IPAC co-chairs @DSakaliene 🇱🇹 @IsaLann1 🇸🇪 @AndreGattolin 🇫🇷.
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UK has a "moral obligation" to the young Hong Kong citizens who are currently excluded from the BNO visa scheme.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 Member @DamianGreen on amendment which would rationalise BNO visa offer to include those born after the 1997 handover.
@hk_watch
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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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BREAKING: UK House of Commons unanimously passes #IPAC member @Nus_Ghani motion calling on the UK government to make an urgent assessment on whether Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
The motion asks for the government to publish the report within 2 months.
Debate highlights👇 twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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International alliance of legislators kicks off campaign to include Taiwan in WHA | Taiwan News
#IPAC Co-Chair @MPIainDS "At a time when the world should be uniting to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, it makes no sense to exclude Taiwan from the WHA"
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4189100
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UK government rips up solar contract linked to Uyghur slavery | The Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton calls for bans on imports of goods made with Uyghur forced labour after multimillion pound solar contract linked to Xinjiang abuses.
thetimes.co.uk/article/domini…
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS secures debate in UK Parliament after Chinese govt. coerces family of Uyghurs giving evidence to the #UyghurTribunal to appear at a press conference.
@MPIainDS called for the UK govt. to give evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal and examine its findings.
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis calls for revival of special parliamentary committee on Canada-China relations to examine Chinese government threats against Taiwan and Indo-Pacific countries.
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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#IPAC members @MPIainDS @Afzal4Gorton @DavidAltonHL hear testimony from protester beaten by PRC Consulate staff in Manchester, at a press conference hosted by #IPAC and @hk_watch.
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#IPAC members @MPIainDS @Afzal4Gorton @DavidAltonHL hear testimony from protester beaten by PRC Consulate staff in Manchester, at a press conference hosted by #IPAC and @hk_watch.
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#IPAC member @AlynSmith MP urges the government to respond to China's breach of international law in Hong Kong by conducting an audit of Chinese investment in the UK's physical infrastructure and to review the role of Confucius Institutes in UK universities.
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📢#IPAC is hiring!
✊Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator
💻Responsibility for advocacy, research and communications
🌏Flexible location
More information and how to apply 👇
ipac.global/vacancies/
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The Chinese government issued sanctions on prominent #IPAC 🇪🇺 members @bueti @MiriamMLex @SamuelCogolati and @DSakaliene for playing their role in highlighting the abuse of Uyghurs, a move seen as pivotal in the EU's decision to suspend #CAI ratification.
reuters.com/article/us-eu-…
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UK judges resign as Hong Kong legal experts says staying on may be seen as supporting crackdown | VOA
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton: British judges served as "window dressing" for brutal crackdown on all forms of political opposition in Hong Kong.
voachinese.com/a/uk-judges-le…
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In March, the EU implemented its human rights sanctions regime against Chinese officials responsible for abuses in Xinjiang, in a major victory for #IPAC politicians.
politico.eu/article/eu-amb…
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U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang | BBC
Legislation led by #IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenJeffMerkley and @SenRubioPress would force all producers to prove Xinjiang supply chains are free from Uyghur forced labour.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…
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U.S. lawmakers call for U.N. Uyghur rights report before Beijing Olympics | Reuters
#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @MarkWarner leads calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to publish long awaited report on abuses in the Uyghur Region before the #Beijing2022 Games.
reuters.com/world/china/us…
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Push for Japan to adopt human rights centred diplomacy | Mainichi
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a tougher response to the Chinese government's abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Featuring @ShioriYamao @SujeetKOfficial @MPIainDS @AkiraIgata
mainichi.jp/articles/20220…
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Cross-party parliamentary association on human rights diplomacy led by #IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani launches English website, link below 👇👇
@JinkenGaikou @Japan_pac twitter.com/JinkenGaikou/s…
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News from Japan! #IPAC Co-Chairs @ShioriYamao and Gen Nakatani announce the satellite group #JPAC - looking forward to other regions of #IPAC following their lead. #StandTogether twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
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News from Japan! #IPAC Co-Chairs @ShioriYamao and Gen Nakatani announce the satellite group #JPAC - looking forward to other regions of #IPAC following their lead. #StandTogether twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
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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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UK judges quit Hong Kong court over security law | The Times
The resignation announcement came just before a Westminster Hall debate on the role of British judges in Hong Kong, which had been organised by #IPAC members @Siobhain_Mc and @MPIainDS.
thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-jud…
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The UK must stop purchasing healthcare equipment from states accused of genocide | Politics Home
#IPAC members @HelenaKennedyQC @DavidAltonHL
join all party amendment to block procurement of goods from regions at serious risk of Genocide.
#UnmaskGenocide
politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
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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."