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"A common threat requires a united international response. We cannot let our political differences split our response to China’s assertive authoritarianism."
🇮🇪 Senators @barrymward
@malcolmbyrne write on the launch of #IPAC in Ireland's Oireachtas.
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“It is about time that the German government realised that actors for the Chinese government could pose a threat to exiled Hong Kongers.”
#IPAC 🇩🇪 member @GydeJ MdB on an interior ministry report on Chinese state intimidation of activists in Germany.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti publishes letter in @lemondefr calling for a new common European policy towards Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.
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BREAKING: #IPAC launches coordinated action on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics across 11 parliaments.
Separating politics from sport does not permit turning a blind eye to industrial-scale human rights abuses.
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair @AndreGattolin on Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s visit to France.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL raises the case of sentenced Hong Kong activists Martin Lee, Margaret Ng and Jimmy Lai in the UK House of Lords.
Lord Alton urges the UK government to call out the Chinese government's violations of international law on Hong Kong at the UN.
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🇨🇳 state media Global Times criticises #IPAC #SolidarityWithAustralia campaign, saying:
"They should also realize that Australia is economically dependent on China."
Is the Chinese government now backing our calls for countries to reduce strategic dependency on China?🤔
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL among supporters of an amendment proposing traceability requirements for imported human tissue.
The move would help prevent complicity in suspected forced organ harvesting in China, targeting Falun Gong, Uyghurs and others.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members have consistently called for the EU to adopt a Magnitsky style human rights sanctions framework.
Now the EU must ensure that Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere are top of the list.
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HKSAR Government response to the launch of #IPAC Japan chapter #JPAC.
Thank you to @Japan_pac for leading the way in supporting Hong Kong.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @EnginEroglu_FW MEP criticises the EU's Hong Kong Office @EUinHKandMO for providing a platform to pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker Regina Ip, supporter of the Chinese government's crackdowns in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. twitter.com/EnginEroglu_FW…
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#IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda MP raises concerns to the Dutch Foreign Minister on #Huawei Uyghur face recognition technology, calls for the Netherlands and Europe to blacklist #Hikvision and other companies complicit in Xinjiang abuses: cda.nl/vanhelvert/nie…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs write to UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab demanding sanctions on the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and six Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs and Tibetans.
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#IPAC co-chairs @SenRubioPress 🇺🇸 and @bueti MEP 🇪🇺 express solidarity with Australia as it withstands intense pressure from the Chinese government.
Rubio: "Democracies must reject the CCP’s bullying and commit to concrete actions."
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We must stand up to China’s ‘repulsive’ persecution of the Uyghurs | #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS writes for @politicshome.
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Excellent report from @Gabriel_Pogrund suggesting that the UK may SUSPEND its extradition treaty with #HongKong this week. Thank you to #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS for tabling an amendment to the Extradition Bill last week and to @SarahChampionMP for supporting.
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Parliamentary committee led by #IPAC 🇦🇺 members Sen. @kimbakit and @SenatorAbetz receive testimony from Australia's Uyghur community, hearing evidence of “intimidation and harassment” from the Chinese government.
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"No religion is immune: Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and others have all been targeted."
#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp writes on the Chinese Communist Party's repression of religious freedoms.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: UK businesses "must wake up" to China's Uighur cotton slaves.
Further coverage of #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz report on forced labour in the Xinjiang cotton industry.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: UK businesses "must wake up" to China's Uighur cotton slaves.
Further coverage of #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz report on forced labour in the Xinjiang cotton industry.
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#BREAKING Ireland joins the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, led by co-chairs Sen. @barrymward and Sen. @malcolmbyrne.
#IPAC now works across 20 legislatures on 5 continents.
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Great to see #IPAC 🇯🇵 members @ShioriYamao @yamazogaikuzo and Rep. Nakatani forming plans for a group of parliamentarians to observe Hong Kong elections.
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Over 20 #IPAC 🇬🇧 members among 100 MPs and peers urging UK PM @BorisJohnson to impose sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for the crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy campaigners.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 calls for a Japanese Magnitsky Act to enable sanctions on officials responsible for Uyghur forced labour and other human rights abuses in China.
Featuring comment from IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata.
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