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Moroccan court gives green light to extradition proceedings for Uyghur #IdrisHasan to P.R. China.
#IPAC members have called upon the Moroccan authorities to block Hasan's extradition, knowing that he would be at high risk of torture and persecution by the PRC government. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
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TikTok invites UK lawmakers to review algorithm after being probed on China censorship concerns | CNBC
cnbc.com/2020/11/05/tik…
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Super Fund money in blacklisted China firms criticised | Newsroom
@hk_watch report reveals New Zealand state pension fund invests millions in firms complicit in Uyghur abuses.
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Simon O'Connor: Super Fund must divest from unethical links.
newsroom.co.nz/super-fund-mon…
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German companies may have to withdraw from the Uyghur province under new Supply Chain Act | Süddeutsche Zeitung
#IPAC 🇩🇪 Co-Chair @MargareteBause:
"Every German company must now ask itself whether it wants to maintain business relations with Xinjiang"
sueddeutsche.de/politik/untern…
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“Despite the veneer of legality, many of those in Xinjiang’s prisons are ordinary people who were convicted for going about their lives and practicing their religion.”
China: Baseless Imprisonments Surge in Xinjiang | Human Rights Watch
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Berlin stops Chinese firm from buying German medical device maker | Reuters
Takeover of Heyer Medical AG blocked by German government following increased concern about dependency on Chinese firms in critical sectors.
reuters.com/business/healt…
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A delegation led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @GeraintDaviesMP @DavidAltonHL have visited Vilnius to lead calls for the UK to back Lithuania 🇱🇹 as it comes under pressure from authoritarian regimes in both Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳.
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"Tonight is about shining a light of hope to all those out there who have failed to get their day in court."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS urges Parliament to back IPAC #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill, which if passed would see genocide cases brought to UK courts.
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Thank you @n_roettgen for signing this, and joining #IPAC's call to #reducedependency on China. twitter.com/n_roettgen/sta…
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2⃣Governments to revise their risk advice to businesses currently sourcing from areas affected by these schemes to keep supply chains free from Tibetan forced labor
3⃣Reciprocal access to Tibet in order to conduct an independent international investigation into the situation
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EU has ‘very reliable evidence’ Chinese government is considering military support for Russia | Politico
EU official threatens trade measures against Beijing if the arms’ deliveries go ahead.
politico.eu/article/eu-has…
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Huawei ‘helped create’ tech for China’s state surveillance and ‘re-educating’ of Uyghurs | The Times
Huawei offered to produce technology to monitor the forced “re-education” of Uyghurs in detention camps and identify dissidents by voice.
thetimes.co.uk/article/huawei…
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"By spying on its people's every move, China is assembling a bleak digital dystopia."
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS writes on leaked Chinese government database revealing ethnically targeted surveillance of Uyghurs.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 members @AndreGattolin, @OlivierCadic and @VALLINIAndre met with Taiwan Ambassador to France François Wu.
The Senators voiced their support for Taiwan's participation in the WHO, INTERPOL and other multilateral organisations. twitter.com/OlivierCadic/s…
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Chinese government makes a show of opening up the internet for the Olympics | Axios
Olympic Village will have temporary access to social media platforms and other blocked websites, though athletes could still fall foul of laws criminalising dissent.
axios.com/beijing-china-…
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Chinese 'agent' meddling in British politics, MI5 warns | Nikkei Asia
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calls on the UK government to conduct investigations into the Chinese Communist Party's 'United Front' lobbying efforts in Parliament.
asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…
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Australian MPs fight Chinese official's bid to join Interpol governing committee | Interpol
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit: "Chinese officials in the past have shown a willingness to use Interpol red notices for political ends"
abc.net.au/news/2021-11-2…
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#BREAKING new @SafeguardDefend investigation reported by @CNN @NdosSantosCNN discovers 48 new clandestine 🇨🇳 “overseas police stations”.
#IPAC statement endorsed by politicians from 13 countries.
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BREAKING: #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR submits interpellation for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
The motion calls on Swiss officials to decline invitations to attend the Games in light of severe human rights abuses.
Link: parlament.ch/de/ratsbetrieb…
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Experts discuss Lithuania-China ties as tension spikes | Asian News International
Interview with #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP on the Chinese government's coercive diplomacy following the opening of Taiwan's Representative Office in Vilnius.
aninews.in/news/world/asi…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenRubioPress gives support to Lithuanian President @GitanasNauseda after Chinese government issues threats following opening of Taiwanese Representative Office.
Rubio: Only the Taiwanese people can determine how they would like others to refer to them. twitter.com/SenRubioPress/…
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