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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez lead the reintroduction of the bi-partisan Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act.
This legislation seeks to ensure Hong Kong protestors at risk of persecution are eligible for Priority 2 Refugee status.
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European Parliamentarians set to pass resolution criticising European Commission for concluding EU-China #CAI investment deal while perpetrating human rights abuses in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet. twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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Johnson faces Commons defeat as rebels stand against China’s ‘genocide’ | Sunday Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL all-party amendment to the Trade Bill will be debated in the UK Parliament this week.
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Canada urged to do more to help people in Hong Kong | Al Jazeera
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China’s “Untenable Operating Environment” for Business in Xinjiang | Human Rights Watch
The Better Cotton Initiative is the latest international group to pull out of Xinjiang amid forced labour concerns.
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"This is brazen and shameful thuggery - the actions of cowards who fear the printed word and the glare of media scrutiny."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL comments on raid of Apple Daily newspaper and arrests of journalists in Hong Kong.
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Also superb to see U.K. based @ChinaResearchGp joining the #NoExtradition campaign! @hk_watch
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#IPAC Co-Chair @MPIainDS leads calls to use new powers against Chinese officials involved in Hong Kong crackdown.
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"Ratification of the agreement while mounting evidence documents forced labour and other human rights abuses in Xinjiang would be a major propaganda victory for the Chinese government."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 MEP @EnginEroglu_FW on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
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Tomorrow the Italian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee will debate a resolution led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 declaring a #UyghurGenocide.
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“The weight of evidence steadily coming out of the region leaves no room for doubt as to the oppression Uighurs and other ethnic minorities are living under”
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit on reports of systemic torture and rape in Xinjiang prison camps.
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We will pursue you for life, Hong Kong warns wanted activists abroad | Apple Daily
This week the European Parliament called on ten EU member states to revoke extradition treaties with China and Hong Kong.
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Highlights from European Parliament debate on resolution co-authored by #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW, @bueti and @MiriamMLex on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.
Eroglu: "What is happening in Xinjiang is a systematic nightmare".
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“After arguing that ‘the strong should not bully the weak’, Xi should examine his own government’s threats and punitive sanctions levelled against Australia and other countries that have dared to criticise his authoritarian regime.”
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Global MPs Urge ICC to Probe Whether Abuses in Xinjiang Constitute Genocide | RFA
Coverage of our #IPAC letter to the ICC Chief Prosecutor Ms. Fatou Bensouda in support of a complaint evidencing crimes against Uyghurs and other minorities.
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The #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics will take place amidst widespread abuses in the Uyghur Region, Tibet and Hong Kong.
IPAC has led actions across 10 parliaments calling for officials not to attend the games.
Join us in calling for a full diplomatic boycott now.
#NoRightsNoShow
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UK university tells lecturers not to record classes about Hong Kong and China, citing security law risks | Hong Kong Free Press
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members lead calls for trade deals to be conditional on legal determinations of genocide claims, with reference to abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members @YasminQureshiMP and @amcarmichaelMP call for use of Magnitsky sanctions for those those responsible for the mass atrocities against Uyghur Muslims in China.
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