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Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport | Reuters
Hong Kong police arrested a former Apple Daily newspaper journalist on a suspected national security charge as he tried to leave the city.
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Hong Kong: police arrest senior members of group that organised Tiananmen vigils | The Guardian
The Hong Kong Alliance had earlier refused a police request to hand over information, saying police were abusing power to invoke fear in civil society groups.
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Chinese Government encourages citizens to report critics via new 'snitch hotline' ahead of 100th birthday | The Telegraph
People told to watch out for anyone who defames the ruling Communist Party or its leaders.
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP lead cross party criticism of Chinese government's "coercive diplomacy".
The MPs call for New Zealand to call out Beijing's “abusive bullying behaviour” against Australia and Hong Kong crackdown.
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EU deal cements China’s advantage in media war | Politico
Beijing has closed its market to European media investors, while EU keeps doors open to Chinese propagandists.
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP.
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 member @guyverhofstadt MEP:
"The European Parliament will never ratify the China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment without commitments and proof that the human rights of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs & Tibetans improve."
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chairs Sen. @LucioMalan and Sen. @rampi speak to Deutsche Welle on China's influence in Europe.
"When you make an economic agreement with a state that doesn't respect human rights, you are dealing with human rights."
Watch the full interview👉youtu.be/fBnT0tsLqGQ?t=…
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Beijing approves resolution to impose electoral overhaul on Hong Kong, as Exec. Council convener admits democracy set back to pre-97 state | Hong Kong Free Press
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EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis questioned by IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 on the EU-China CAI investment deal.
Formentini criticised the CAI deal's weak language on forced labour in Xinjiang and called for greater transatlantic cooperation.
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Why Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square vigil will be different this year | The Spectator
"The organisers of last year’s vigil are in jail. This year’s vigil has been banned. And anyone who attends has been threatened with up to five years in prison."
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 members among parliamentarians calling for the Canadian government to improve its lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers fleeing persecution.
@JohnMcKayLib @RmdKenny @tomkmiec @HMcPhersonMP @SenatorHousakos @SenatorNgo twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Sen. @AndreGattolin on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"It's hard to see how these gains outweigh the blatant human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet and against Taiwan, and the political cost of condoning such actions."
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler calls for Canada to strengthen its Magnitsky sanctions scheme to ensure more perpetrators of human rights violations are held accountable for abuses.
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Danish Foreign Minister @JeppeKofod responds to a letter led by @EnginEroglu_FW MEP and other #IPAC 🇪🇺 members.
The letter called for greater EU action in response to the undermining of democracy in Hong Kong, including sanctions on officials responsible. twitter.com/EnginEroglu_FW…
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#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chairs @ElsVanHoofcdenv @SamuelCogolati led questioning of Foreign Minister @Sophie_Wilmes on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
Concerns include China's access to EU energy and telecommunications markets and China's failure to ratify ILO conventions on forced labour.
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Apple Daily: Hong Kong sends 500 officers in pro-democracy paper raid | BBC
Police also arrested the editor-in-chief and four other executives at their homes.
This is the first time journalists have been arrested under the national security law.
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"We will continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong in their defence of the democratic character of Hong Kong."
Statement of solidarity with Hong Kong pro-democrat legislators signed by #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @MiriamMLex @bueti @AnnaFotyga_PE. twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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How a blow to Australian wine shows tensions with China | BBC News
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Sen. @kimbakit on our #SolidarityWithAustralia campaign.
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#BREAKING: Lithuania confirms diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Olympics.
President @GitanasNauseda confirmed that neither he nor Ministers would attend.
Thank you to #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene for her contribution to the campaign.
#NoRightsNoShow
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"If the Chinese government has got nothing to hide in Xinjiang, what has it got to fear from the free press?"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @YasminQureshiMP on the #BBC China ban, full comment below 👇
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani launch @JinkenGaikou.
The cross party group of 76 parliamentarians looks to develop Japan's human rights diplomacy, amidst calls for a Japanese 'Magnitsky' targeted human rights sanctions regime. twitter.com/JinkenGaikou/s…
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"At the United Nations, Chinese authorities are trying to rewrite norms and manipulate existing procedures not only to minimise scrutiny of the Chinese government’s conduct, but also to achieve the same for all governments."
Report from @BrookingsInst.
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause:
"Systemic competition with China is about dictatorship or democracy. International institutions and the universality of human rights must be defended more resolutely than before."
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