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"The Chinese party-state aims to control not just outsiders’ deeds, but their words. When that works, it is chillingly effective."
An international cross-party alliance of lawmakers is supporting Lithuania and Taiwan | CEPA Fellow @edwardlucas on #IPAC
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL secures Private Notice Question on reports of mass internment and torture of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
Lord Alton called on the UK to raise concerns at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council and to examine the findings of the @TribunalUyghur.
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‘Break their roots’: New report details Chinese authorities’ alleged torture, rape of Uighur women | Sydney Morning Herald
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson: Australia's lack of Magnitsky legislation a “gap in our sanctions framework that must be filled”.
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Beijing nominates chief kidnappers to lead Interpol | Bild
#IPAC co-chairs @bueti and Michael Brand MdB warn against the Chinese government's attempts to use Interpol to arrest activists abroad.
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"We cannot ignore the role that big banks play in financing the abuses taking place in Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on IPAC calls for investment blacklists on firms perpetrating force labour abuses against Uyghurs.
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Hon. @IrwinCotler labels IPAC a "game changer" in slowing the Chinese government's growing economic and political influence globally, calls for inter-governmental alliance to mirror IPAC.
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European Parliament votes to freeze controversial EU-China investment deal | Euro News
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti calls for EU Member States to show a "clear signal of solidarity" with members of the European Parliament sanctioned by Beijing.
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Hong Kong to create more national security offences | Al Jazeera
'Espionage' to be added to list of political crimes defined under Hong Kong's National Security Law.
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UK plans to force sale of Chinese-owned nuclear stakes | Financial Times
Earlier this year #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chairs @MPIainDS and Baroness Kennedy wrote to the UK government calling for a ban on Chinese state owned firms involved in UK nuclear power.
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Full story: Women in China's "re-education" camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured (BBC News).
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@HSBC @IoWBobSeely #IPAC member @RhonddaBryant MP:
"@HSBC chooses which laws to obey... quite a lot of my constituents might think you choose to adopt a moral stance when it suits you, but not when it doesn't."
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Czech Senate declares China perpetrating genocide on Uyghurs in Xinjiang | ANI News
The motion also called on the Czech government to stage a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of widespread human rights abuses.
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"The first instance of bloodshed on the China-India border in the Himalayas in 45 years should be a turning point not only for India, but for all the world’s democracies". Article from @jonathandtward
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UPDATED: Growing pressure on French Minister @RoxaMaracineanu NOT to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of severe human rights abuses.
Letter led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 members gains further signatures from cross-party Députées and Senators.
#NoRightsNoShow
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#BREAKING: The UK government has narrowly avoided defeat on #GenocideAmendment to the Trade Bill by 319 to 297 votes.
Major concessions won by #IPAC include sanctions on Chinese officials guilty of Uyghur abuses and new mechanisms for genocide investigations. twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Canada’s public pension plan can’t ignore human rights in investments | Toronto Star
Canadian state pension fund invests in firms included on US government investment blacklist for firms linked to China's military and persecution of Uyghurs.
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Response from UK PM @BorisJohnson to @MPIainDS and #IPAC G7 co-chairs following an IPAC letter ahead of this year's G7 Summit.
IPAC called for supply chains reform in light of Uyghur forced labour abuses and a global infrastructure fund to counter the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Fiona Bruce MP demands that the UK government update guidance for British companies operating in Tibet to prevent the use of forced labour in supply chains, using civil penalties to hold companies to account where necessary.
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UK MPs cross-party amendment seeks to fulfil 'moral obligation’ to Hong Kong citizens born after 1997 who cannot benefit from BN(O) resettlement programme.
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UK has a "moral obligation" to the young Hong Kong citizens who are currently excluded from the BNO visa scheme.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 Member @DamianGreen on amendment which would rationalise BNO visa offer to include those born after the 1997 handover.
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@MiriamMLex @hk_watch #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @AnnaFotyga_PE:
EU and EU Member State diplomats must decline invitations to attend events at the #Beijing2022 Olympics in Beijing.
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