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UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson met with IPAC 🇬🇧 members @Nus_Ghani @DavidAltonHL @MPIainDS @timloughton and Baroness Kennedy, all of whom had been sanctioned by the Chinese government in response to speaking out on Uyghur abuses. twitter.com/BorisJohnson/s…
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Slovenia latest EU nation hit by Chinese government for backing Taiwan | The Times
Beijing has imposed trade sanctions on Slovenia over its support for Taiwan as the EU launched legal action against China after it took similar steps against Lithuania.
thetimes.co.uk/article/sloven…
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"Silence is tacit consent."
#IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata writes in Sankei Shimbun calling for Japan to take a tougher stance on the Chinese government's abuse of human rights in Xinjiang.
special.sankei.com/a/internationa…
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British citizens routinely being placed on Chinese police watchlist | The Telegraph
A Telegraph investigation reveals how more than 100 British subjects have been placed under Chinese state scrutiny.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/3…
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"the Government is hiding behind the fiction of an imaginary judicial mechanism that will hold the CCP accountable for its genocide of the Xinjiang Uighurs."
#IPAC member @DavidAltonHL on the UK government's attempts to wreck the #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill. twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/s…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members among over 50 parliamentarians calling for EU Member States to stage a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Failure to do so would be a 'carte blanche' for the Chinese government to continue its crackdown and abuses.
euractiv.com/section/china/…
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Earlier #IPAC member @GeraintDaviesMP had urged the Foreign Secretary to implement Magnitsky sanctions on Carrie Lam and tighten capital flows to Hong Kong from the City of London in response to breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @hildevautmans:
"China has killed democracy in Hong Kong and Xi Jinping has made it very clear that Taiwan is the next station."
"A China that tramples on human rights cannot be a close partner to the EU."
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German industry group criticises China over new sanctions law | Reuters
Germany's powerful BDI industry association says new Chinese laws designed to counter international human rights sanctions sends a worrying signal to investors and companies abroad.
reuters.com/business/germa…
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China is threatening academic freedom in Australia | Al Jazeera
Human Rights Watch says Australian universities are ‘turning a blind eye’ to harassment and intimidation of Chinese students and academics.
aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/30…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP questions Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam in a virtual meeting:
👉 Should your government be sanctioned under the EU's human rights sanctions regime?
👉 Why are your police targeting elected Danish Lawmakers on false charges? twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenRubioPress and @ChrisCoons lead bi-partisan legislation expediting refugee applications from Uyghurs and other groups.
The Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act would grant Priority 2 refugee status to those fleeing Xinjiang.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
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China's ambassador Zheng Zeguang banned from UK Parliament | BBC News
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: "Sanctioning MPs is a direct threat to Parliament and our democracy."
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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Aussie super funds cop heat for Chinese investments | The Australian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit calls for firms to examine whether investments could be enabling abuses in the Uyghur Region and Hong Kong, following latest report from @hk_watch.
theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 Representatives @Malinowski and @RepGallagher have submitted a resolution urging the International Olympic Committee to move the #Beijing2022 Winter Games.
The announcement comes alongside coordinated action on the Beijing Olympics by IPAC members in 11 parliaments. twitter.com/RepMalinowski/…
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Important update on efforts to secure justice for #Xinjiang atrocities.
forbes.com/sites/ewelinao…
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“There is nowhere for bureaucrats in Brussels or Europe to hide. We can no longer kid ourselves that Beijing is on the verge of honouring labour rights, while it continues to build millions of square feet of factories for forced labour in Xinjiang.”
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Next, UK Co-Chair @MPIainDS pushing the UK to review UK China relations:
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed again as Tiananmen vigil banned | The Guardian
Media figure punished over peaceful pro-democracy rally as authorities again cite coronavirus restrictions to prohibit traditional Tiananmen vigil.
theguardian.com/world/2021/may…
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UK spy agencies push for curbs on Chinese ‘smart cities’ technology | Financial Times
Intelligence chiefs fear Beijing could use it for espionage or the collection of sensitive data.
ft.com/content/47c9b2…
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BREAKING: Ruling on EU-Korea FTA dispute highlights weak language on labor standards also replicated in EU-China #CAI investment deal.
❌Korea is not in breach of FTA by failing to ratify ILO conventions
❌Korea is not obliged to meet any timescale or milestones for ratification
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL:
Will the UK honour its obligations under international law to act to prevent Genocide, at the instant it learns of a serious risk of Genocide?
UK government response to conclusion of the @TribunalUyghur debated in the House of Lords.
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"由13國丶60多名國會議員組成的對華政策聯盟聯盟（簡稱IPAC），也發表聯署聲明，指DQ參選人及押後選舉的決定，是香港民主進展中不能接受的阻礙，侵蝕港人的權利和自由，他們對國際社會做出相稱的回應."
dw.com/zh/%E5%9B%BD%E…
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Taiwan, Canada to start talks on investment agreement | Reuters
Taiwan and Canada investment protection deal could boost ties in the face of growing pressure from Beijing.
reuters.com/world/taiwan-c…
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