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#IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenatorMenendez @SenRubioPress @RepGallagher @Malinowski sign cross-party statement raising concerns around links between #Mulan and government bodies responsible for human rights abuses in #Xinjiang.
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#BREAKING #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz releases report revealing widespread forced labour within the Xinjiang cotton industry.
Hundreds of thousands of Uyghur labourers in Xinjiang are being forced to pick cotton by hand through a coercive state-mandated labour transfer scheme. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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"All of Hong Kong's pro-democracy leaders are either in jail, in exile or on trail."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL calls for the UK government to implement sanctions against Chinese government officials responsible for the mass arrests of Hong Kong opposition leaders.
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"The Myanmar coup is more proof that democracy is under threat"
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers and @nathanlawkc link the coup in Myanmar to the Chinese government's crushing of democracy in Hong Kong.
independent.co.uk/voices/myanmar…
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"While handcuffs can restrain the body, they cannot control the heart or mind."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for Apple Daily.
hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202012…
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Statement from #IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda.
"The Dutch government must be clear that there can be no resumption of ‘business as usual’ with Beijing while the persecution of Uyghur Muslims, Christians and other religious and ethnic minorities in China continues."
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Full text of letter signed by 20 #IPAC 🇬🇧 parliamentarians to UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet.
Allegations include mass incarceration, widespread forced labour and torture.
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#IPAC 🇫🇷co-chair @AndreGattolin calls on Foreign Minister @JY_LeDrian to suspend the France-China extradition treaty in light of the undermining of the rule of law in Hong Kong.
andregattolin.net/2020/11/25/tra… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Coverage of concerns raised by #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB on the EU-China #CAI investment deal, including China's failure to ratify ILO standards on forced labour and breaches of treaty obligations to Hong Kong.
ft.com/content/0de447…
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Coverage of cross-party efforts led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Helena Kennedy to prevent trade deals with states thought to be perpetrating genocide.
If successful, cases considered could include suspected genocide against Uyghurs.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/2…
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Difficult for companies to boast about their modern slavery statements and ERG credentials while employing members of a party which is enslaving #Uyghurs #IPAC
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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BREAKING: #IPAC Co-Chair @MPIainDS tables cross-party amendment to stop extradition to #HongKong
thetimes.co.uk/article/tories…
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Resolution on Hong Kong co-authored by #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex passes European Parliament.
The resolution states that the EU's rush to conclude EU-China #CAI investment deal risks "undermining its credibility as a global human rights actor."
theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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BREAKING: Canada recognizes China's treatment of Uyghurs as a genocide.
The Canadian Parliament passed the #UyghurGenocide resolution backed by #IPAC 🇨🇦 members @GarnettGenuis MP @IrwinCotler and others.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
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Over 20+ #IPAC 🇬🇧 members join one hundred MPs and Peers in calling on @BorisJohnson to issue sanctions on Hong Kong officials responsible for the crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Signatories also back sanctions on Chen Quanguo, Party Secretary of the XUAR. twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti labels today's meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels "a disappointment before it is over".
A discussion on Hong Kong was removed from the agenda despite last week's European Parliament resolution condemning Beijing's crackdown in the city. twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani leads parliamentary inquiry into the use of forced labour in UK supply chains in China. twitter.com/CommonsBEIS/st…
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#IPAC coordinator @lukedepulford on proposed amendments to UK legislation seeking to invalidate trade deals with genocidal states.
If passed, Uyghurs could bring a genocide case against the Chinese state at the High Court of England and Wales. twitter.com/LBC/status/133…
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👇 Legislators together, leading the way, defending shared values. #IPAC
qz.com/1870052/eu-par…
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#IPAC statement on Chinese government criticism of IPAC 🇩🇰 members @Ammitzboell_K MP and @uffeelbaek MP.
We are proud that our members chose to do everything within their power to ensure @tedhuichifung's safety and liberty and commit to continuing to do so for all Hong Kongers.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead cross-party criticism of sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam.
The Parliamentarians call on the Japanese government to take a tougher stance on China's abuses in Hong Kong. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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#IPAC co-chair 🇪🇺 Lexmann warns the EU against ignoring the human rights implications of the EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"The EU cannot reward bad behaviour, nor can we afford to compartmentalise our policies and instruments."
neweurope.eu/article/europe…
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Coverage of attempts to silence #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady after exposing links between New Zealand universities and Chinese military institutions.
timeshighereducation.com/news/china-inf…