1026
Hong Kong proposes film censorship law to 'safeguard national security' | Reuters
New film censorship legislation signals a further shrinking of freedoms in Hong Kong.
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1027
#IPAC members also led a resolution on Hong Kong in the European Parliament.
IPAC Co-Chair @MiriamMLex MEP said that the EU could not be a "credible actor" if it rewarded governments committing human rights abuses with lucrative investment deals.
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
1028
Bill to ban slave labour imports gains support as Uyghurs long for missing relatives | ABC News
Push for Australia to block imports linked to China's Uyghur forced labour supply chains gains momentum.
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1029
"The Chinese Communist Party must know that the eyes of the world are on the abuses that are going on in China"
Interview with #IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair Senator @malcolmbyrne on calls for a diplomatic and corporate boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…
1030
Hong Kong police raid museum commemorating 1989 Tiananmen victims | Reuters
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1031
'Some are just psychopaths': Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs | CNN
"Inside the police detention centres, the main goal was to extract a confession from detainees, with sexual torture being one of the tactics."
edition.cnn.com/2021/10/04/chi…
1032
Revealed: UK solar projects using panels from firms linked to Xinjiang forced labour | the Guardian
theguardian.com/environment/20…
1033
Support for #IPAC calls for 🇹🇼 to join the World Health Assembly from @taipei_times editorial.
"Given Taiwan’s experience, expertise and success in containing the pandemic, the WHA should allow the nation to participate in, and have access to, the WHO."
taipeitimes.com/News/editorial…
1034
G7 commits to removing forced labor from global supply chains - U.S. says | Reuters
Ahead of the #G7Summit #IPAC co-chairs wrote to G7 leaders calling for measures to remove Uyghur forced labour from global supply chains.
reuters.com/article/g7-sum…
1035
"It is time to call the horror by its name."
Radio France Internationale interview with #IPAC members @SamuelCogolati 🇧🇪 @AndreGattolin 🇫🇷 and @Nus_Ghani 🇬🇧 as the Belgian Parliament debates whether the state persecution of Uyghurs constitutes Genocide.
rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/fr…
1036
Yesterday #IPAC Japan co-chairs Rep. Gen Nakatani and Rep. @ShioriYamao were honoured to host a meeting between Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and IPAC co-chairs. twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
1037
#IPAC 🇪🇺🇸🇪 member @LegaSve MEP urges Europe to wake up to the security threat posed by Huawei and other Chinese tech firms.
"The Chinese Communist regime spreads disinformation and propaganda and conducts extensive espionage on European soil."
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1038
Activists arrested in Greece over Beijing Olympic boycott demo | Hong Kong Free Press
#IPAC adviser @jooeysiiu among those targeted at #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics demonstration, with calls for protection for activists at risk of extradition to China.
hongkongfp.com/2021/10/17/act…
1039
#BREAKING: UK Parliament unanimously passes a motion calling for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
The motion led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calls for UK government representatives to decline invitations to the Games.
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1040
UK Foreign Secretary @trussliz mirrors #IPAC calls for democratic states to reduce strategic dependency on China in light of the CCP's increasingly assertive authoritarianism. twitter.com/BeijingToBrit/…
1041
#IPAC 🇪🇺🇫🇷 member @fxbellamy speaks to @rtlgroup on EU-China relations, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
fxbellamy.fr/2020/07/29/oui…
1043
"The UK should be empowered not to trade with regimes overseeing genocide"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani
MP writes in the Times on campaign to #StopGenocideTrade through the UK Trade Bill.
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-uk…
1044
Universities under pressure to divest from firms complicit in Uyghur abuses | Washington Post
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1045
#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenatorMenendez leads bi-partisan legislation to assist Taiwan 🇹🇼 in obtaining observer status at the World Health Assembly, a move which Beijing has repeatedly blocked.
menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
1046
US rules that China has committed genocide in its repression of Uyghurs.
The judgement comes after #IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenRubioPress led bi-partisan efforts last month requiring the US Secretary of State to make a determination on the issue.
Full story: bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
1047
LIVE NOW: #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani moves motion calling on the UK government to urgently assess whether Uyghurs are at serious risk of Genocide, in light of the @TribunalUyghur judgment.
Failure to do so risks the UK defaulting on its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
1048
Olympic Committee accused of being ‘complicit in Peng’s coercion’ | WA Today
Analysts say IOC risks "actively playing a role in the Chinese government’s enforced disappearance, coercion and propaganda machinery.”
watoday.com.au/world/asia/int…
1049
Signatories of the joint letter:
@MPIainDS
Baroness Kennedy
Lord Alton
@RhonddaBryant
@natalieben
@amcarmichaelMP
@JudithCummins
@DavidDavisMP
@Nus_Ghani
@DamianGreen
@imranahmadkhan
@timloughton
Craig Mackinlay MP
@IoWBobSeely
@AndrewSelous
@stephenctimms
1050
Drop in Xinjiang birth-rate largest in recent history: report | AP
The Uyghur Region had the sharpest known drop in birth rates of any territory in modern history, more extreme than declines during the Syrian civil war and Rwandan genocide.
apnews.com/article/beijin…
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