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China recalls Lithuania ambassador in row over Taiwan office | AP
Chinese government threatens “potential consequences” for Lithuania if office bearing Taiwan's name is allowed to open.
apnews.com/article/europe…
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Une campagne de soutien au vin australien, mis à mal par des surtaxes chinoises | Radio France Internationale
rfi.fr/fr/asie-pacifi…
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Former Winter Olympian Steven Bradbury calls for Australia to announce diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Games | The Australian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chairs @kimbakit
@SenPaterson cite credible cases of Genocide and crimes against humanity in the Uyghur Region.
theaustralian.com.au/sport/cricket/…
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Hong Kong under-24s beg to come to Britain | The Times
Pro-democracy campaigners write to @pritipatel in support of @DamianGreen amendment to rationalise #BNO settlement scheme to include many young Hong Kongers excluded from it.
@hk_watch
thetimes.co.uk/article/hong-k…
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📢#IPAC Secretariat update📢
We are delighted to welcome @chungchingkwong and @LauraHarth to the IPAC Secretariat to coordinate our campaigns on Hong Kong and Magnitsky-style legislation respectively.
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS asks UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson whether he backed US efforts to adopt common strategy on Uyghur forced labour at the #G7Summit, as called for by #IPAC.
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Back Lithuania or face more coercion from China, lawmakers tell EU chiefs | SCMP
#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs lead letter warning against Chinese government attempts to 'divide and rule' among EU member states.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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WTA suspends China tournaments over Peng Shuai safety concerns | BBC
#IPAC has called on governments to stage a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Olympics in light of industrial scale human rights abuses in the PRC.
#NoRightsNoShow
bbc.com/sport/tennis/5…
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‼️ #IPAC member @guyverhofstadt pushes forward the NO EXTRADITION campaign in Europe. twitter.com/guyverhofstadt…
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“The EU Commission’s haste to partner with Beijing despite its grotesque human rights abuses has removed a fig leaf. Some European officials and commentators liked to claim that the Trump Administration was an impediment to even deeper transatlantic cooperation. Now it is plain
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Chinese government has already decided to send economic aid to Russia in Ukraine conflict, US officials fear | The Guardian
US officials fear Chinese government is contemplating sending military supplies such as armed drones to Russia.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
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Winter Olympics: Beijing furious following calls for boycott | RFI
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics and coordinated action across 11 parliaments.
Featuring interview with IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @EnginEroglu_FW.
rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/fr…
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MPs table plans to permit children of Hong Kong BNO citizens to apply for UK visas | Politics UK
Cross-party MPs have backed an amendment to allow young Hong Kongers with a British national (overseas) parent to apply for a BNO visa.
@hk_watch
politics.co.uk/news-in-brief/…
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Hong Kong visa scheme could extend to the young | The Times
Cross-party MPs call for law change to include Hong Kongers born after 1997 in UK BN(O) visa offer, under amendment led by #IPAC member @DamianGreen.
@hk_watch
thetimes.co.uk/article/hong-k…
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The Chinese government cannot be allowed a 'free pass' at the #G20 Summit.
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS on why parliamentarians are gathering from across the world for the #IPACRome conference this week.
spectator.co.uk/article/parlia…
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News from Japan! #IPAC Co-Chairs @ShioriYamao and Gen Nakatani announce the satellite group #JPAC - looking forward to other regions of #IPAC following their lead. #StandTogether twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
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.@LauraHarth covers #IPAC UK and US efforts towards genocide determination on abuse of Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities in China.
formiche.net/2021/01/usa-uk…
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Xinjiang: Twitter closes thousands of China state-linked accounts spreading propaganda | The Guardian
The operations created fake Uyghur profiles to disseminate state propaganda and fake testimonials about their happy lives in the region.
theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
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Tory rebels back amendment to allow young Hong Kongers to move to UK | The Telegraph
Cross-party amendment led by #IPAC member @DamianGreen extending BNO visa offer to 18-25 year olds will be voted on next week.
@hk_watch
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/0…
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U.S. Will Restrict Visas For Chinese Officials Involved In Uyghur Repression, Blinken Says | Forbes
Measures will target those who harass, surveil and abduct Uyghurs and other dissidents who have fled China, following report from @SafeguardDefend.
forbes.com/sites/zacharys…
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Motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 Co-Chair @PavelFischer urges the Czech government to call on the @WHO to invite Taiwan 🇹🇼 to participate in the upcoming World Health Assembly.
The motion has been approved and tabled by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
#LetTaiwanHelp #WHA twitter.com/PavelFischer/s…
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.@HHeldina also questioned whether now is the right time to be expanding investment opportunities from China, given Beijing's attacks on democracy in Hong Kong and persecution of Uyghur and other religious minorities.
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Yesterday @Europarl_EN debated the arrest of Cardinal Zen & the trustees of the 612 relief fund in Hong Kong.
IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex said “it is in the intention of John Lee and the CCP to destroy the last remains of Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms."
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