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#IPAC member Lord Alton moves amendment banning involvement of firms involved with human rights abuses from UK network, referencing Huawei and Xinjiang.
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#BREAKING India joins diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
India joins leaders from 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇱🇹🇨🇿🇦🇺 and others in declining invitations.
#NoRightsNoShow
washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair Sen. @marcorubio spearheads bi-partisan efforts to require the US Secretary of State to make a determination on whether the Chinese government's persecution of #Uyghurs and other groups in Xinjiang constitutes genocide.
Full text: docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
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The Telegraph: Senior staff at HSBC, Standard Chartered and Deutsche Bank are Chinese Communist Party members.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/…
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BREAKING: Belgian Parliament declares Uyghurs at serious risk of Genocide.
The motion led by #IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati calls on the Belgian government to terminate its extradition agreement with China and to block ratification of the EU-China #CAI investment deal. twitter.com/SamuelCogolati…
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BREAKING: Uganda joins #IPAC with Co-Chairs Lucy Akello MP and Thomas Tayebwa MP.
IPAC members now represent five continents #StandTogether
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Holocaust survivors urge Boris Johnson to stand up for Uighurs as genocide law fight resumes | Politico
#GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL returns to the House of Lords today.
politico.eu/article/holoca…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP presents survivor's testimony of torture and rape in Xinjiang prison camps to the UK Parliament.
Ghani calls for no further deepening of ties with the Chinese government until a full judicial inquiry into crimes against Uyghurs has been concluded.
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"The greatest number of women that are being abused are Uyghur women by the Chinese state."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP addresses the UK Parliament.
Foreign Sec. @DominicRaab responds by calling on the UN Human Rights Commissioner to establish a fact finding mission.
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"I've been sanctioned by China – but that won't stop me speaking out over Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy writes after being targeted by the Chinese government for speaking out on Uyghur and Hong Kong abuses.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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ICC Uighur genocide complaint backed by parliamentarians around world | The Guardian
IPAC co-chair Baroness Kennedy: "The ICC must fully examine the allegations brought before it and make every effort to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice."
theguardian.com/world/2020/nov…
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#IPAC launches #DoNotExtradite campaign, pledging to advocate on behalf of all those threatened with extradition or deportation to the PRC.
Cards have been issued to those most at risk of persecution to offer protection to their case.
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‘Patriots’ Only: Beijing Plans Overhaul of Hong Kong’s Elections | New York Times nytimes.com/2021/02/23/wor…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: HSBC "behaved in a disreputable and appalling way in freezing the accounts of an individual fleeing for justice".
Coverage of IPAC members addressing UK parliament to condemn @HSBC for freezing Hong Kong activist's finances.
fnlondon.com/articles/uk-vo…
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Beijing has done irreparable damage to Hong Kong after freezing Lai's assets | CityAM
"The presumption of innocence undergirds Hong Kong’s legal system. The decision to take the assets of a man who has yet to be tried is a blow to the city’s rule of law"
cityam.com/beijing-has-do…
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Further coverage in The Australian.
"Party insiders in the ranks"
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Uighurs harassed and abused by Beijing in UK, minister admits | The Telegraph
One British Uighur student told: 'Remember, your mother and other family members are still in China'.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/1…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members Baroness Helena Kennedy and @DavidAltonHL propose a cross party amendment to the Trade Bill to block trade deals with genocidal states.
If passed, this would open the way for the UK High Court to consider allegations of genocide against #Uyghurs and others.
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4⃣France 🇫🇷
@AndreGattolin, also an #IPAC co-chair, was prominent in the French media as Wang Yi visited Paris. He called on President Macron to take a tough line on Beijing's encroachment on freedoms in Hong Kong and excluding Huawei from 5G networks.
formiche.net/2020/08/silk-g…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS called on the UK government to boycott the Olympics, describing China as “dictatorial, aggressive and intolerant”.
theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
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‘Painful farewell’: Hongkongers queue for hours to buy final Apple Daily edition | The Guardian
Million copies printed of last issue as journalists at newspaper that was forced to close mourn ‘historical moment’.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @fxbellamy MEP sends a message to the Chinese government after EU parliamentarians hit by sanctions:
"You justify our concerns by trying to silence us instead of providing answers to our questions. And you won't get anything, because we won't be silent"
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs announce intention to bring revised #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill, aiming to allow UK courts to judge genocide cases and hold China accountable for Xinjiang abuses.
politico.eu/article/uk-see…
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The Czech Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs labels China's treatment of Uyghurs "inhumane", in a motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair @JanLipavsky MP.
Full text of the motion: psp.cz/sqw/text/text2…
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