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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair Rep. Gen Nakatani: US and EU sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for Uyghur abuses puts pressure on Japan to act.
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Hong Kong Police Force orders Israeli company @Wix to shut down 'Hong Kong Charter' website set up by exiled pro-democracy activists.
The move comes ahead of the June 4th Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary. twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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#BREAKING: European Parliament adopts Uyghur Urgency Resolution co-authored by #IPAC members @bueti @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW.
The Resolution calls for:
1⃣Sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs
2⃣Ban on imports tainted by Xinjiang forced labour twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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Hong Kong activists accused of national security crimes could face life in jail after move to secure High Court trial | Hong Kong Free Press
47 pro-democrats charged with "subversion" for taking part in primary polls ahead of now postponed elections.
hongkongfp.com/2021/05/31/hon…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani launch cross-party parliamentary group to establish a Japanese "Magnitsky Act" to sanction individuals and organisations involved in human rights abuses.
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China denounced over ‘grave threat to academic freedom’ | The Times
Hundreds of scholars rally in support of UK academic hit by Chinese government sanctions for speaking out on Uyghur abuses.
thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…
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A resolution proposed by #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene calling for international legal investigations into alleged crimes against humanity and genocide in Xinjiang passes the Lithuanian Seimas National Security and Defence and Foreign Affairs Committees.
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Australian Senate to consider legislation banning the import of goods made with Uyghur forced labour.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
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“deeper trade links and increased Chinese investment in the UK would seem to directly undermine attempts to meet these challenges."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 comment on #IntegratedReview label of China as the “biggest state-based threat” to the UK's economic security.
smh.com.au/world/europe/b…
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📣Tomorrow #IPAC 🇳🇴 co-chair @Trinesg will speak at a human rights demonstration hosted by @amnesty in Oslo.
The event will mark Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s visit to Norway.
Full details below 👇
facebook.com/events/s/kina-…
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Big Four auditors employ hundreds of Chinese Communist Party members | The Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/…
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Beijing Accelerates Campaign of Ethnic Assimilation | Wall Street Journal
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Today the Lithuanian Parliament will hear evidence on human rights abuses taking place in Xinjiang, led by #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene.
The committee will also hear evidence from #IPAC members @bueti 🇪🇺 and @IrwinCotler 🇨🇦.
Watch live now: youtube.com/watch?v=2TBSOj…
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani present IPAC statement on reports of systemic torture and sexual abuse in Xinjiang prison camps to Rep. Minoru Kihara, National Security Assistant to the Prime Minister. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton MP moves motion calling for UK government representatives to stage a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Olympics.
Loughton: Only a diplomatic boycott will stop the Chinese Communist Party from scoring "the major soft power victory they crave."
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#IPAC Belgium 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati speaks to BBC World after receiving Chinese government sanctions.
"as a democratically elected member of parliament, I cannot remain silent to testimonies from Uyghur refugees and verified information from objective reports."
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“The decision to ban the BBC from airing in China is yet another example of the intolerance that the Chinese government has towards those who reveal the truth about its authoritarian rule.”
Comment from #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @YasminQureshiMP on China's BBC ban.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
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UK’s dependence on Chinese imports is ‘threat to national security’ | The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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In windfall for Xinjiang, huge US mutual funds invest millions in its companies | SCMP
US firm Vanguard's 'ethically conscious' fund invests in Xinjiang firms participating in programmes linked with Uyghur forced labour abuses.
scmp.com/news/china/art…
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Europe has handed China a strategic victory | Financial Times
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair Reinhard Bütikofer MEP @bueti on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
“We’ve allowed China to drive a huge wedge between the US and Europe.”
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“What we see happening before our very eyes is the dismantling of freedom and democracy."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 member @SenatorHousakos condemns the sentencing of nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists for taking part in a peaceful protest.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 Co-Chair @bueti:
EU-China #CAI investment deal requirement for European NGOs operating in China to be managed exclusively by Chinese citizens a "scandal".
tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/…
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Chinese Surveillance-Gear Maker Hikvision Has Ties to Country’s Military, Report Says | Wall Street Journal
Hikvision plays a major role in supplying public surveillance technologies across Europe and internationally.
wsj.com/articles/chine…
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