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BREAKING: Five #IPAC 🇬🇧 members hit by Chinese government sanctions issue joint statement.
"These actions are not only an attack on us as individuals, but an attempt to stifle the free and open debate that is at the heart of our parliamentary democracy."
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp calls for Australia to adopt Magnitsky human rights sanctions legislation and to scrap Victoria State's involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative.
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Firms complicit with the gross abuse and invasive surveillance of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang should have no place in the European Parliament.
Letter signed by #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @MiriamMLex @bueti @AnnaFotyga_PE @ViolavonCramon to @EP_President on #hikvision. twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square museum forced to close two days ahead of memorial | CNN
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Coverage of attempts to silence #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady after exposing links between New Zealand universities and Chinese military institutions.
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BREAKING: #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs slam EU-China #CAI investment deal after arrest of over 50 Hong Kong activists. [THREAD]
Former Belgian Prime Minister and IPAC member @guyverhofstadt MEP says the EP will "never ratify" #CAI until human rights situation improves.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP seeks to bring Disney before UK Parliamentary committee to answer accusations of complicity in abuses against Uyghur Muslims while filming #Mulan. twitter.com/Nus_Ghani/stat…
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member Andrew Hastie MP leads parliamentary inquiry investigating foreign interference in Australian universities.
Concerns around the pressure put on academic freedoms by the Chinese government are expected to feature prominently.
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Macron’s comments “not only disregard the vital place of Taiwan in the global economy, but undermine decades-long commitment of the international community to maintaining peace across the Taiwan Strait,”
Politico report 👇
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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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"To defy the greatest human rights abusers is essential to restoring democracy for our generation and those that follow."
Yesterday leading Hong Kong activist @joshuawongcf addressed the 🇮🇹 Italian Senate.
Full text below 👇
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While the world's eyes are rightly turned to Ukraine, we will not forget the #HK47.
On the one year anniversary of their detention, their plights shows how far the Chinese government has reneged on its promises to Hong Kong made under international law.
Statement 👇
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani lead 60 Diet members in a cross party statement of support for Japan to adopt a Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime. twitter.com/AkiraIgata/sta…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chairs Sen. @rampi and Sen. @LucioMalan join a cross party urgent appeal to the Italian government.
The parliamentarians called for the prioritisation of arrested Hong Kong activists and expelled lawmakers in bilateral and multilateral relations with China. twitter.com/GlobalCRL/stat…
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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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Some 20,000 Former Camp Detainees Working at Xinjiang Factory Tied to Forced Labor | RFA rfa.org/english/news/u…
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UK government enacts #IPAC 🇬🇧 recommendations on imports linked to Xinjiang forced labour supply chains, but fails to address calls for High Court genocide determination judgements backed by #NoGenocideTrade campaign.
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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."
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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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