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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP speaks to @SkyNewsAust on our #SolidarityWithAustralia campaign.
"What binds us together is that we all believe in democracy, we work together to meet the challenges facing not only Australia, but all our countries."
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Chinese state media threatens to sanction countries that boycott the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics after #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and @RhonddaBryant MP raised the issue in the UK Parliament.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
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#BREAKING: US Government declares the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghur Muslims a genocide.
The move comes after sustained bi-partisan pressure from #IPAC 🇺🇸 members, led by @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez.
axios.com/us-declares-ch…
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Hong Kong vigil leader arrested as 7,000 police enforce ban on Tiananmen anniversary protests | The Guardian
Officers mobilised to break up the once-traditional events to mark the brutal crackdown against dissent in China 32 years ago.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
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U.S. to Warn Businesses Over Rising Risks in Hong Kong Under China Crackdown | The Wall Street Journal
An advisory cautions businesses that operating in Hong Kong carries ‘financial, legal and reputational risks’.
wsj.com/articles/u-s-w…
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We are honoured to receive personal thanks from 🇹🇼 President @iingwen after #IPAC called for Taiwan's inclusion in the World Health Assembly and WHO activities.
It is wrong and dangerous to exclude Taiwan's expertise from global efforts to fight COVID-19.
focustaiwan.tw/politics/20201…
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MPs must back the genocide amendment to oppose the oppression of the Uighurs | Times Red Box
IPAC advisor @benedictrogers and @LabourCHR chair @MatthewCTurner write in support of IPAC #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/mps-mu…
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Lithuania mulls leaving China's 17+1 forum, expanding links with Taiwan | LRT
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#IPAC advisor @adrianzenz giving harrowing reports of forced labour and birth suppression of #Uyghurs in Xinjiang to @BBCNewsnight.
Forced labour and internment in 're-education camps' are attempts to "coercively re-engineer Uyghur society".
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member Lord @DavidAltonHL proposes amendment to the Trade Bill which would revoke trade deals with states perpetrating genocide.
"For 70 years we have failed to recognise our wholly inadequate response [to genocide]. Tonight we have a chance to put that right."
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Urgent Question raised in the UK House of Lords on state sponsored forced labour in Xinjiang.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy urges the UK to use 'Magnitsky' sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs.
"Inaction becomes complicity."
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BREAKING: #IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP write to PM @jacindaardern and FM @NanaiaMahuta calling for New Zealand to introduce a Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime.
Failure to do so risks NZ being a "safe haven" for perpetrators of abuses.
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The following countries have all suspended their extradition treaties with Hong Kong since #IPAC and @hk_watch launched our #NOEXTRADITION to HK campaign:
🇦🇺 Australia
🇨🇦 Canada
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇺🇸 United States
#StandTogether
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Garnett Genuis MP addresses the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.
@GarnettGenuis raised concerns of 'elite capture' and the attempts of the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department to illegitimately influence democratic processes.
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Today's Hong Kong #LegCo elections mark a sobering milestone in the dismantling of Hong Kong's democracy.
These sham elections show the fear and contempt with which the CCP views its critics.
Our governments must hold the PRC accountable for its violations of international law.
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#IPAC statement on the 22nd anniversary of the persecution of the Falun Gong.
We take this solemn anniversary to remember all ethnic and religious minorities persecuted by the Chinese government.
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#LIVE NOW: #IPAC 🇯🇵 satellite @Japan_pac hold parliamentary meeting to protest the exclusion of opposition lawmakers from Hong Kong's Legislative Council.
Watch below 👇 twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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🚨Unite. Protect. Lead.
#IPACRome #G20RomeSummit
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Jewish leaders use Holocaust Day to decry persecution of Uighurs | the Observer
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Canadian government issues advisory for businesses operating in Xinjiang, citing widespread forced labour and grave human rights abuses.
This answers calls made by #IPAC 🇨🇦 members for supply chain risk profiles to be updated in light of abuses.
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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Germany frets over its corporate dependency on China | Financial Times
"Chinese commercial retaliation in Europe is rare. But the possibility has created “pre-emptive obedience” in the boardrooms and chancelleries of Europe."
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