1001
"We have not forgotten your plight and we will not cease to long for your freedom."
Message from #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chairs Sen. @PavelFischer and Jan Lipavský MP to Michael Korvig and Michael Spavor on the 2nd anniversary of their arrest and imprisonment in China.
#FreeChinaHostages twitter.com/JanLipavsky/st…
1002
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MP tables petition calling for a stronger response from the Canadian government to all human rights violations in China, highlights persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
1003
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP call on Justice Minister @KrisinMana to block the extradition of New Zealand citizens and residents to China.
China's promises on the treatment and fair trial of those extradited have been broken in numerous cases.
1004
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair @SenPaterson speaks out against anti-Asian racism:
It is "morally abhorrent" to blame the Chinese people for the actions of the Chinese Communist Party.
brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/feder…
1005
Parliamentary group calls for end to China's bullying of Taiwan and Lithuania | Taiwan News
Coverage of #IPAC calls for democratic states to stand with Lithuania and Taiwan as they come under increasing pressure from Beijing.
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4285917
1006
UK regulator revokes Chinese state media outlet China Global Television Network's (CGTN) license after concluding that the network is "ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party", contravening UK broadcasting law. twitter.com/Ofcom/status/1…
1008
EU puts China agreement on hold | Deutsche Welle
Interview with #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on the impact of Chinese government sanctions against EU parliamentarians on the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
dw.com/de/eu-legt-chi…
1010
En tværpolitisk og stærk gruppe på fire medlemmer af Folketinget har tilsluttet sig #IPAC for at sikre en konstruktiv og kritisk holdning til Kina fra Danmarks side. Læs @Ammitzboell_K, @uffeelbaek, @naserkhaderdk og Karsten Hønge i @berlingske:
berlingske.dk/kommentarer/kl…
1011
Batches of 50 to 100 Uyghur workers are being advertised on the Chinese internet | Sky News
Uyghur people from Xinjiang working in other parts of China are subject to "political" checks and work under strict "half-military" style management.
news.sky.com/story/new-evid…
1012
Xinjiang: more than half a million forced to pick cotton, report suggests | The Guardian
Further coverage of report by #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz into state sponsored forced labour programmes in Xinjiang.
theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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#BREAKING: Over 30 #IPAC members from Europe call on EU Presidents @vonderleyen @CharlesMichel and Trade Commissioner @VDombrovskis to intensify efforts to establish an EU-Taiwan 🇪🇺🇹🇼 Bilateral Investment Agreement.
#StandTogether #StandWithTaiwan
1015
Positive movement from the @GOVUK following @adrianzenz report and today's Urgent Question secured by Co-Chair @MPIainDS on forced #Uyghur labor. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
1016
"parliamentarians from across the globe are realising that what happens to Taiwan matters to all of us."
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP writes in the Sunday Guardian backing Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly.
#LetTaiwanHelp #WHA
sundayguardianlive.com/news/admit-tai…
1017
Replying to #IPAC co-chairs 🇫🇷 @AndreGattolin and @iflorennes92, French Foreign Minister @JY_LeDrian stressed the need for a "better regulation of unfair commercial practices", adding that Chinese threats to Australia have no place in the rules-based international order.
1018
We call on our governments to take urgent action to hold Beijing to account for its abuses against the people of Hong Kong and violations of international law.
Democratic countries must act decisively to defend the norms and values of the international rules based order. [2/2]
1019
#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @AnnaFotyga_PE leads calls for a Bilateral Investment Agreement between the EU and Taiwan as "likeminded partners" in human rights, freedom and democracy.
IPAC MEPs @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW and @LegaSve also join the initiative. twitter.com/AnnaFotyga_PE/…
1020
“Public health is the loser when any jurisdiction is excluded from participating in the World Health Assembly”
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson backs Taiwan to participate in the upcoming @WHO summit.
#LetTaiwanHelp
#WHA
sbs.com.au/news/letting-t…
1021
China retaliates after US, EU and UK impose sanctions | Financial Times
Beijing imposes travel bans on several #IPAC parliamentarians and advisors after co-ordinated sanctions against treatment of Uyghurs.
ft.com/content/278716…
1022
Drop Chinese investments, MPs and peers tell parliament’s pension fund | The Guardian
Letter from 137 lawmakers urges fund to drop stakes in firms accused of human rights violations or linked to Chinese state.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
1023
MPs pile pressure on Boris Johnson to boycott Beijing Olympics | Telegraph
#IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @MPIainDS @timloughton @Nus_Ghani and Baroness Kennedy among signatories calling for UK to stage diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022.
#NoRightsNoShow
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
1024
#IPAC 🇮🇹 member and Vice-President of Italy's Foreign Affairs Committee @PaoloFormentin1 addresses the Italian Parliament questioning attempts to rush through the EU-China #CAI investment deal. twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
1025
BREAKING: #IPAC’s @bueti and @MiriamMLex announce an EU Parliament Hong Kong Watch group. twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
An international cross-party group of legislators working to reform the approach of democratic countries to China. Join us.