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UK Minister for Asia @amandamilling says @UNHumanRights visit to China did not provide the full, unfettered access to the Uyghur Region required to investigate human rights abuses.
The answer comes in response to concerns raised by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @HelenaKennedyQC.
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Today the UK House of Commons debated amendment led by #IPAC member @DamianGreen to extend the BN(O) visa scheme to Hong Kongers born after the 1997 handover.
Cross-party backers will now take the proposal to the House of Lords.
Thread of debate and government concession👇 twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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Four Uyghurs held in Saudi Arabia at risk of extradition to China | RFA
Coverage of #IPAC calls on Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal to stop the forcible return of the Uyghurs, who may face torture and arbitrary detention in China.
@KSAmofaEN
rfa.org/cantonese/news…
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 members @MargareteBause @GydeJ and Michael Brand will lead a public hearing in the Bundestag to debate whether the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghurs constitutes a Genocide.
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#IPAC 🇱🇹 Co-Chair @DSakaliene:
"I come from a family of political prisoners and exiles - we will never forget the Soviet Communist regime and their Gulag system. Thus the sanctions and threats by the Chinese Communist regime do not scare us ...
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