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Britain to invest £1bn in African ports as part of Western response to China | The Telegraph
Ahead of the 2021 G7 Summit #IPAC co-chairs wrote to UK PM @BorisJohnson calling for global infrastructure investment to counter the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Threatened, harassed, punished: The Uyghur translators telling Xinjiang’s story | Coda
#IPAC adviser @MahmutRahima speaks out on receiving Chinese government threats and harrasment for translating Uyghur survivors' testimonies.
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS secures debate in UK Parliament after Chinese govt. coerces family of Uyghurs giving evidence to the #UyghurTribunal to appear at a press conference.
@MPIainDS called for the UK govt. to give evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal and examine its findings.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton MP calls on UK government to act to protect the 3,500 Uyghurs in Afghanistan, at risk of persecution and deportation to China. twitter.com/Afzal4Gorton/s…
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“We want to work with and support the 1.2 million Chinese descendants who live in Australia and make them feel fully and equally participants of our democracy."
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson on efforts to counter anti-Chinese racism.
smh.com.au/politics/feder…
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All party amendment to Telecommunications Bill led by #IPAC UK member @DavidAltonHL passes House of Lords.
The amendment requires the UK government to review the involvement of foreign companies in the UK's telecommunications network if banned by Five Eyes partner states. twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/s…
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U.S. lawmakers call for U.N. Uyghur rights report before Beijing Olympics | Reuters
#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @MarkWarner leads calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to publish long awaited report on abuses in the Uyghur Region before the #Beijing2022 Games.
reuters.com/world/china/us…
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Switzerland will consider joining the EU's WTO case against the Chinese government should initial dispute consultations fail.
The answer came in response to #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR regarding the PRC government's punitive trade sanctions issued against Lithuania.
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Chinese government bullying of Lithuania shows democratic world needs to to unite in defence of rules-based order.
#IPAC 🇦🇺 MP @kevinandrewsmp writes for the Spectator Australia.
spectator.com.au/2022/01/lithua…
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#IPAC 🇳🇴 co-chair @gurimelby MP asks Norway's Minister of Culture @Trettebergstuen to back a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
#Beijing2022 risks the Chinese government "laundering its own human rights violations".
#NoRightsNoShow
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PRC's nominee to Interpol role meets international opposition | Washington Post
The IPAC letter argues that the PRC Government has “repeatedly abused the INTERPOL Red Notice to persecute dissidents in exile.”
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Didi Delays U.K., Europe Expansion Plans After Officials Raise Data Concerns | Wall Street Journal
Coverage of concerns raised by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members on access Chinese government may have to sensitive user data stored by Chinese firms.
wsj.com/articles/didi-…
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Former Muslim leader at China's biggest mosque in Xinjiang incarcerated | The Japan Times
The former imam at the Id Kah mosque is believed to have been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with other religious leaders also detained.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/2…
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Coverage of #IPAC campaign for @HSBC to release assets of Ted Hui and other Hong Kong activists charged under the city's National Security Law.
thetimes.co.uk/article/ftse-b…
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IPAC co-chairs opening #IPACRome
@DSakaliene 🇱🇹 @PavelFischer 🇨🇿 @SujeetKOfficial 🇮🇳 @AkelloLucy5 🇺🇬 @MPIainDS 🇬🇧
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Report: UN Body assists China to expand its global policing, refuses to release secret agreement.
@SafeguardDefend
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Overseas judges in Hong Kong were “no longer acting as a moderating force, as the government has claimed, but giving a false sense of legitimacy to the Hong Kong government”.
Comment from #IPAC Hong Kong campaigns coordinator @chungchingkwong.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
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Some witnesses too afraid of Chinese authorities to give evidence at Australian inquiry | the Guardian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Sen. @kimbakit highlights intimidation from the Chinese Communist Party experienced by Australian Chinese and other diasporic groups.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
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Push for Japan to adopt human rights centred diplomacy | Mainichi
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a tougher response to the Chinese government's abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Featuring @ShioriYamao @SujeetKOfficial @MPIainDS @AkiraIgata
mainichi.jp/articles/20220…
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#BREAKING: UK Government commits to review of NHS supply chains in relation to forced labour and modern day slavery.
The move comes in response to an all-party amendment led by Lord Blencathra and #IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @HelenaKennedyQC.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenRubioPress @SenJeffMerkley applaud the passage of their Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act through the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
The Bill will ensure that goods made with Uyghur forced labour do not enter the US.
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"#CAI makes the playing field less unlevel but, at the same time, it affirms an asymmetric investment environment that strongly favours China.
Seen in a larger picture, the small gains achieved by the CAI are not worth the opportunity loss it causes."
thediplomat.com/2021/01/what-d…
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The Danish Parliament has unanimously approved #IPAC co-chair @uffeelbaek’s motion on the Chinese government’s sanctions against Lithuania.
The🇩🇰 Parliament called Beijing’s actions "unacceptable" and pledged for continued EU support towards🇱🇹.
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