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#BREAKING: IPAC leads globals calls for crackdown on financing of Uyghur abuses.
#IPAC members from 🇪🇺🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇨🇦 have urged their governments to block investments in firms perpetrating Uyghur abuses, after @HSBC investments in XPCC subsidiary revealed.
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#IPAC members @MPIainDS @Afzal4Gorton @DavidAltonHL hear testimony from protester beaten by PRC Consulate staff in Manchester, at a press conference hosted by #IPAC and @hk_watch.
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Wanted by China: Europe is failing as a safe haven for Chinese dissidents | @SafeguardDefend
Chinese government abuses Interpol Red Notice warrants to arrest dissidents abroad, as 40 #IPAC MPs raise case of Uyghur activist detained in Morocco.
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British MP calls for relaxation of BNO visas to benefit frontline Hong Kong protesters born after 1997 | RFA
Cross-party amendment led by #IPAC member @DamianGreen would plug gap in BN(O) visa scheme that excludes young Hong Kongers.
@hk_watch
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#IPAC member @imranahmadkhan calls for the UK government to coordinate actions with international partners to crisis in Hong Kong.
The Chinese government has violated international law and the fundamental human rights of Hong Kong citizens.
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China to invest in Ukraine after Kiev drops complaint over Uyghur abuses | The Times
The investment deal comes after Ukraine withdrew from a UN Human Rights Council statement calling for investigations into abuses in the Uyghur Region.
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Today #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP addressed the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), calling for greater cooperation between democratic countries in response to the China challenge.
Summary of key points below 👇👇 twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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‘We fought the good fight’: journalists in Hong Kong reel from assault on media | The Guardian
Close to two dozen journalists and press freedom campaigners have been arrested since the implementation of the national security law in June 2020.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @JanetDaby MP on UK government inaction after reports of systemic torture and sexual abuse in Xinjiang prison camps:
"What exactly are they waiting for China to do before they take action?" twitter.com/JanetDaby/stat…
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China’s persecution of Peng Shuai is shocking, but Hong Kongers aren’t surprised | City AM
Growing momentum behind @DamianGreen amendment to extend UK #BNO visa offer to Hong Kongers born after 1997 handover.
@hk_watch
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Rebel MPs vow to fight on after UK government thwarts ‘genocide’ trade law | Politico
Featuring comment from #IPAC UK co-chair @MPIainDS on the #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill.
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#IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair @malcolmbyrne calls for the Irish government to act after journalist Yvonne Murray is forced to leave China amid mounting pressure from the Chinese authorities. twitter.com/malcolmbyrne/s…
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Australia Plans Rare Earths Boost to Fight China ‘Dominance’ | Bloomberg
$175 million fund aims to diversify rare earths supply chains away from overreliance on PRC supply chains, including vital components for high-tech batteries.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on Human Rights Rep. Gen Nakatani calls for the Japanese government to consider a Magnitsky-style targeted human rights sanctions regime.
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Global parliamentary alliance calls for reform of supply chains over forced labour issue in China | Asia News International
Coverage of #IPAC letter to leaders ahead of #G7Summit calling for a ban on goods produced with Uyghur forced labour.
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“These sanctions will only serve to redouble our efforts”
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP after China hits several IPAC members with retaliatory sanctions in light of international action on Uyghur repression.
Full story 👇
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'Hong Kong's fate shows the dangers of economic dependence on the Chinese Communist Party'
#IPAC 🇩🇰🇸🇪 🇳🇴co-chairs @uffeelbaek @FredrikMalm @IsaLann1 @Trinesg @tetzschner write for Svenka Daglabet on the 100th anniversary of the CCP.
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China's Premier tells Germany to focus on trade, not human rights | Politico
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#BREAKING: UK government announces extension of #BNO scheme to Hong Kongers born after the 1997 handover.
Congratulations to #IPAC members @DamianGreen @DavidAltonHL and others for leading the campaign @hk_watch twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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"23 years later, and Beijing has chosen 1 July to enact a constitutional coup" @Johnny_HKWatch in the @spectator
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