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UK should push companies to boycott Beijing Olympics over labour abuses, MPs say | Politico
#IPAC co-ordinator @lukedepulford: UK lacks import controls to prevent goods from the Uyghur region entering the market.
politico.eu/article/uk-sho…
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🇺🇸 Co-Chair, Senator @marcorubio:
“HSBC is working around existing sanctions against entities engaged in genocide so it can buy shares in Xinjiang. This is another example of a company turning a blind eye to genocide and slavery just to turn a profit….
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“I don’t know if my children are dead or alive”: Uyghur parents share the anguish of being separated from their children | The Diplomat
thediplomat.com/2021/04/the-mi…
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A report from @SafeguardDefend finds tens of thousands subjected to arbitrary detention under China's "residential surveillance at a designated location" system.
Former detainees recount solitary confinement, torture and other abuses.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
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#IPAC member @timloughton MP calls for the UK to follow the US in passing a 'reciprocal access' bill, prohibiting Chinese officials from travelling to the UK if China continues to deny access to Xinjiang and Tibet for international human rights inspectors.
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We call on governments to establish investigations to ensure that the appropriate legal determinations regarding the nature of alleged atrocities can be made and must work with companies to ensure that supply chains in China are not tainted by forced labour.
Full statement below
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🇨🇦 MP @Alduceppe tables motion calling for a postponement of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics until international observers can visit the Uyghur Region to investigate human rights abuses.
lapresse.ca/actualites/pol…
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Bi-partisan resolution led by #IPAC 🇺🇸 member @RepYoungKim calls for Taiwan to take observer status in the @WHO and World Health Assembly.
The resolution has been supported by more than 100 members of the House.
#LetTaiwanHelp twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/st…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton calls on the government to sanction Chen Quanguo and his deputies Zhu Hailun and Zhu Changjie for perpetrating abuses in the Uyghur Region. twitter.com/Afzal4Gorton/s…
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Switzerland joins #IPAC call on over 10 European governments to stage a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#IPAC🇨🇭 legislators @FabianMolinaNR Lisa Mazzone @WalderNicolas @MartinaMunz @FranziskaRyser write to @ignaziocassis and @vbs_ddps.
#NoRightsNoShow
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Uyghur exile detained in Morocco on Interpol red notice from China to appear before Court of Cassation next week.
Uyghur activist Idris Hasan (Yidiresi Aishan) could face extradition to China under Morocco's extradition treaty with Beijing.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/uyghur…
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @Afzal4Gorton and @SarahChampionMP calling for the UK to toughen its response to an increasingly "belligerent" Chinese government.
Khan: trade cannot be prioritised over human rights.
politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
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Full report and statement available here:
ipac.global/prevalence-of-…
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EU starts work on rival to China’s Belt and Road Initiative | Politico
politico.eu/article/eu-sta…
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#BREAKING: #IPAC calls on Ukraine 🇺🇦 President @ZelenskyyUa to block the deportation of Kazakh asylum seeker Yilisen Aierken (Аєркен Їлісен).
Those forcibly returned to the PRC are at severe risk of persecution, arbitrary detention and torture.
#DoNotExtradite #DoNotDeport
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#IPAC members from 20 countries have called on Saudi Arabia @KSAMOFA @KSAmofaEN to ensure Uyghurs are not deported to China, where they could face torture and arbitrary detention. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
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📸Highlights from the #IPAC22DC Summit, bringing together 60 legislators from five continents.
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#StandTogether
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Authoritarian regimes are using Interpol to hunt down their critics | Coda Story
An international arrest notice, designed to deter crime, is being exploited by human rights violators, including China and Russia.
codastory.com/authoritarian-…
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How Beijing’s billions are buying up the Commonwealth | The Telegraph
#IPAC 🇺🇬 co-chair @BLSonga MP:
Lack of alternatives drives African countries to PRC's Belt and Road Initiative.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/2…
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#IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @Nus_Ghani @MPIainDS hold press conference following @TribunalUyghur conclusion that the PRC government is committing Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and Torture against the Uyghur people.
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Die EU glaubt an den Markt, China an die Waffe | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Mit dem Handschlag der EU krönt Xi Jinping zudem ein Jahr der Repression nach innen und der Aggression nach außen."
faz.net/aktuell/politi…
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HSBC purchasing shares in firm linked to human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims | City AM
HSBC has purchased £2m worth of shares in a subsidiary of a Chinese state-backed firm sanctioned by the US government for Uyghur forced labour abuses.
cityam.com/hsbc-holding-s…
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#BREAKING: #IPAC parliamentarians representing 13 legislatures call on Saudi Arabia to stop the forcible return of Uyghurs Nurmemet Rozi and Hemdullah Abduweli to China.
If forcibly returned, they could face torture and arbitrary detention.
@KSAMOFA @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUK
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