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Interview with #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR in the Luzerner Zeitung.
Molina notes how the common desire to defend democracy and the rule of law against the Chinese Communist Party has united parliamentarians across borders and across party lines.
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP calls for New Zealand to enact modern slavery legislation to prevent the import of goods tainted by #Uyghur forced labour.
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The Dutch Parliament declares the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs as a Genocide, in a resolution backed by #IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chairs @Martijncda MP and @HenkKrol MP.
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The G-7 Must Talk About 3 Urgent Asia Issues | The Diplomat
@benedictrogers writes on #IPAC calls for global supply chains reform in light of widespread Uyghur forced labour abuses.
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European Parliament EU-China 'friendship group' suspended after the group is labelled as a 'tool for Chinese propaganda' with undue influence from the Chinese government.
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Yesterday #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Tom_Randall MP secured a debate in the UK Parliament on human rights in Hong Kong, raising the case of Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee and others imprisoned.
👇Thread of contributions by #IPAC members (with gratitude to @hk_watch).
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#BREAKING: UK House of Commons speaker calls on the Chinese government to lift sanctions on UK parliamentarians in unprecedented intervention.
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'I fled Hong Kong for Britain and now China won't let me have my pension' | The Telegraph
Encroachment of Chinese power in Hong Kong is hitting BNO passport holders.
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Congratulations to #IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Hon. @IrwinCotler, appointed Canada's first Special Envoy on Holocaust remembrance and the fight against antisemitism.
Cotler has consistently warned world leaders against ignoring reports of suspected genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/…
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB calls for political leaders to not attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, to signal concern with the Chinese government's abuses of #Uyghurs and violations of international law. twitter.com/MargareteBause…
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"Canada must recognise and respond to this genocide."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MPs cites backing from Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and fellow IPAC co-chair @IrwinCotler in calling on Canadian PM @JustinTrudeau to recognise genocide against Uyghurs. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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Next week the UK House of Commons will debate a motion calling for UK officials to decline invitations to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calls for UK diplomatic representation to be conditional on improved human rights in the Uyghur Region.
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Statement on passage of national security law for Hong Kong | Beehive.govt.nz beehive.govt.nz/release/statem…
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"It appears that it is now a crime in Hong Kong to remember the 1989 massacre".
#IPAC adviser @benedictrogers comments on the sentencing of activists taking part in the June 4th Tiananmen Square Vigil last year.
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"The women of the Uyghur Muslim community are being persecuted as we speak".
#IPAC 🇬🇧 @JanetDaby MP calls for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Xinjiang during an #InternationalWomensDay debate in the UK Parliament.
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THREAD on #IPAC UK members hit by Chinese government sanctions in response to action on Uyghur abuses.
1⃣ IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS, credited by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab for leading calls for sanctions on Xinjiang officials.
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“Leaders in both US political parties and across the US government are perplexed and stunned that the EU is moving towards a new investment treaty right on the eve of a new US administration,” Pottinger told the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
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This was followed by a demonstration in Berlin with #IPAC co-chair @MargareteBause and @nathanlawkc.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members @MiriamMLex @bueti @ViolavonCramon lead cross-party group of MEPs concerned with increasing Chinese influence in Serbia.
The MEPs identified a lack of transparency and bypassing of European environmental standards as key issues.
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Hong Kong police officially ban Tiananmen Massacre park vigil for second successive year | Hong Kong Free Press
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Hong Kong activists urge EU not to ratify new deal with China | The Guardian
Activists say EU should refuse to sign treaty until national security laws and election restrictions are lifted.
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Biden to warn US companies of risks of operating in Hong Kong | Financial Times
Chinese government access to data and threats against foreign companies complying with human rights sanctions on Chinese officials among risks of operating in Hong Kong.
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