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Vote on #UyghurGenocide motion proposed by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 postponed after extended debate.
Italy's Foreign Affairs Committee will continue to debate whether to label the treatment of Muslim Uyghur minorities as a "genocide".
Full story: politico.eu/article/italy-… twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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#IPAC 🇺🇲 co-chair @SenRubioPress and Sen. @JeffMerkley lead bi-partisan support for #IPAC 🇬🇧 #StopGenocideTrade amendment.
The letter urges the UK to lead democratic nations in allowing genocide determinations in domestic courts, offering hope of justice for #Uygurs.
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#NEW We understand from 🇬🇧 government sources that the meeting between @FCDOGovUK officials and Erkin #Yuniyaz will not be taking place.
IPAC would like to thank the many politicians and activists who came together in this successful campaign.
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Icelander Blacklisted by China: ‘Unacceptable,’ States Foreign Minister | Iceland Monitor
An Icelandic lawyer, Jónas Haraldsson, who has written articles critical of the Chinese government subject travel ban and asset freezes.
icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_…
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The UK will have a "two tier system" for genocide determination if it refuses to examine alleged genocide against Uyghurs.
#IPAC member @Nus_Ghani MP moves the #GenocideAmendment in the Commons.
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UN rights boss signals she may move on Xinjiang without China nod | Reuters
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has repeatedly been blocked by China from investigating human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region.
reuters.com/world/china/un…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS blasts UK government's attempts to block a vote on the #GenocideAmendment as "arcane procedural games” that "demean democracy".
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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Aukus will ensure that China’s aggressive behaviour towards Taiwan and its neighbours will not go unchecked | #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS writes for The i Newspaper.
inews.co.uk/opinion/the-au…
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#BREAKING 🇺🇸 confirms diplomatic boycott of @Beijing2022 following heavy campaigning from #IPAC and partners.
We call upon other governments to follow 🇱🇹 and 🇺🇸 lead. #StandTogether
axios.com/us-china-boyco… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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One day after #IPAC publishes evidence of mass atrocity crimes against Muslim Minorities in Xinjiang and calls for an urgent UN investigation, the U.K. and 27 other countries make that call at the United Nations. Great first step.
uk.reuters.com/article/uk-chi…
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"A national emergency doesn’t justify exposing UK consumers to slavery."
#IPAC Coordinator @lukedepulford comments on UK government purchase of PPE linked to Xinjiang Uyghur forced labour supply chains.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @GarethDavies_MP calls on the UK's financial sector to work with the government on holding Beijing to account for actions in Hong Kong.
ft.com/content/08de6c…
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EU sues Chinese government in WTO over Lithuania blockade | Politico
The moves follow calls led by @MiriamMLex and other #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs calling for a tougher EU response to the PRC government's punitive trade sanctions on Lithuania.
politico.eu/article/eu-sue…
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#NEW legislators across Europe request 🇫🇷 Foreign Minister @MinColonna to declare Ambassador Lu Shaye *persona non grata* following his assertion that there is "no international agreement to materialize [the] sovereign status" of former Soviet republics.
lemonde.fr/idees/article/…
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#IPAC member @DavidAltonHL speaks to BBC News on receiving sanctions from the Chinese government for speaking out on abuses against Uyghurs.
"It is, for me, a sadness more than anything else. I love Chinese people, I love China."
Watch in full: youtube.com/watch?v=uhorvv…
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Scottish schools face calls to remove Chinese government “propaganda” from their classrooms, amid ongoing co-operation with Confucius Institutes programmes.
thetimes.co.uk/article/chines…
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‘Genocide games’: British MPs vote for diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics | Sydney Morning Herald
Motion led by #IPAC members calling for UK government representatives to decline invitations to the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics passes unanimously.
smh.com.au/world/europe/g…
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"We are asking you all to join us in standing against Xi Jinping's authoritarian bullying"
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP on IPAC campaign to buy Australian wine in #SolidarityWithAustralia.
edition.cnn.com/travel/article…
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Resolution led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 Senators @AndreGattolin @OlivierCadic @VALLINIAndre calls for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, Interpol and other forums.
The authors say the "side-lining" of 🇹🇼 harms the international community.
Text: senat.fr/leg/ppr20-493.…
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‘Know your place’: Beijing accuses Hong Kong press club of being ‘external force’ interfering in China’s internal affairs | Hong Kong Free Press
hongkongfp.com/2021/04/26/kno…
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Huawei able to eavesdrop on Dutch mobile network: secret report | Sydney Morning Herald
Huawei staff both in the Netherlands and in China were able to eavesdrop on all mobile numbers on the KPN network, according to an internal company report from 2010.
smh.com.au/world/europe/h…
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