1626
Jacinda Ardern under pressure to stop extradition of New Zealand resident to China | Sky News
#IPAC co-chair Simon O’Connor MP says he “doesn’t have confidence” in the Chinese Communist Party controlled judicial system.
skynews.com.au/opinion/andrew…
1627
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @ShabanaMahmood MP:
"The world keeps saying 'never again' in relation to genocide and yet they reoccur with shocking, depressing familiarity.
China is the most striking example of the failures of the international system."
1628
Russian banks turn to Chinese payments system after Visa and Mastercard suspend operations | The Telegraph
Sberbank and Alfa Bank plan to use Chinese state backed UnionPay system after Visa and Mastercard boycott Russia in response to Ukraine invasion.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/…
1629
Ministers ‘looking seriously’ at changing rules that exclude young Hong Kongers from BNO scheme | Independent
Amendment led by @DamianGreen in Commons and @DavidAltonHL in Lords could see extension of BNO visa to Hong Kongers born after 1997.
@hk_watch
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
1630
"In 2008 the Chinese government politicised the Olympics, we should learn from that."
#IPAC 🇨🇿 @PavelFischer cites Russia's human rights abuses at the Sochi 2014 Olympics and calls for Czechia to back the #Beijing2022 diplomatic boycott.
#NoRightsNoShow
plus.rozhlas.cz/senator-fische…
1631
Supreme Court decision to allow extradition to China causes global concern | Stuff NZ
#IPAC New Zealand co-chairs Simon O'Connor MP and Louisa Wall MP have warned that the case could set a precedent for politically motivated extraditions to China.
stuff.co.nz/national/china…
1632
Clarification: while the political outreach process has been suspended, the technical process to ratify #CAI continues.
Full explainer here 👇
twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
1633
China cobalt mine deal was ‘injustice’: my country did not get anything, ex-DRC leader says | SCMP
Chinese state owned firms accussed of exploiting Congolese mineral resources before promised infrastructure development funds had been spent.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
1634
Amendment co-sponsored by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Kennedy aims to prevent health procurement from regions linked to suspected genocide.
If succesful, the amendment could see the UK government instructed to assess whether #Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
1635
@UNHumanRights Full story: Xinjiang Police Files: Inside a Chinese internment camp | BBC
bbc.co.uk/news/resources…
1636
A security agreement between China and Solomon Islands could impact stability in the whole Pacific | The Guardian
Leaked documents show plans for an agreement allowing Chinese military personnel to be deployed to and transit through the Solomon Islands.
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
1637
Why new Bill makes Colombo Port City a ‘Chinese Province’ in Sri Lanka | ORF
A leading Belt and Road Initiative project requires the Sri Lankan parliament to cede governance of the Colombo Port City Special Economic Zone to an unelected body.
orfonline.org/expert-speak/w…
1638
Stand News opinion articles axed, directors resign amid reported threats to Hong Kong digital outlets | HKFP
Hong Kong Pro-democracy digital news outlet forced to self censor after receiving messages threatening charges under the National Security Law.
hongkongfp.com/2021/06/28/sec…
1639
Dependence on PRC imports makes Belgium vulnerable | De Tijd
#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @ElsVanHoofcdenv calls for Belgium to reduce its trade dependency on P.R. China, following IPAC report highlighting vulnerabilities in supply chains of organic chemicals.
tijd.be/politiek-econo…
1640
Four Uyghurs held in Saudi Arabia at risk of extradition to China | RFA
Coverage of #IPAC calls on Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal to stop the forcible return of the Uyghurs, who may face torture and arbitrary detention in China.
@KSAmofaEN
rfa.org/cantonese/news…
1641
Hong Kong defence fund trustee arrested at airport | France 24
Hui was one of six trustees of the "612 Humanitarian Relief Fund" which helped arrested protesters pay for their legal and medical bills.
france24.com/en/live-news/2…
1642
Hong Kong’s crackdown renews scrutiny on role of foreign judges | The Globe and Mail
Hong Kong government pays foreign judges HK$3.9-million in 2021 to sit on Court of Final Appeal, amidst intensifying legal crackdown on the city's free press.
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…
1643
"I think it is a sanction against the European Parliament."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chairs @MiriamMLex and @bueti speak to The Parliament Magazine one year after receiving sanctions from the Chinese government for advocating for Uyghur human rights.
theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/a…
1644
“Many have just been detained for ordinary outward signs of their Islamic faith”
#IPAC adviser @adrianzenz disturbing new research 👇 twitter.com/TheJohnSudwort…
1645
#IPAC 🇱🇹 Co-Chair @DSakaliene:
"I come from a family of political prisoners and exiles - we will never forget the Soviet Communist regime and their Gulag system. Thus the sanctions and threats by the Chinese Communist regime do not scare us ...
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1646
Japan’s New Economic Statecraft | The Washington Quarterly
#IPAC adviser @AkiraIgata writes on @Japan_pac efforts to establish a Magnitsky act to sanction perpetrators of gross human rights abuses globally.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
1647
#IPAC 🇮🇹 members led scrutiny of the CAI deal in the Italian Senate.
Senator @LucioMalan questioned the access given to state censored Chinese media to the EU, with much EU media blocked in China.
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
1648
Apple Complied With 100% Of Chinese government Censorship Demands In 2020 - Report
Over 90% of apps connected to Christianity and other religions removed, as well as a majority of apps related to LGBT+ lifestyles.
applecensorship.com/taken-down-a-l…
1649
Last December, #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW @bueti and @MiriamMLex co-authored a European Parliament resolution highlighting links between widespread Uyghur forced labour.
@EnginEroglu_FW described the situation in Xinjiang as a "systematic nightmare".
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
1650
Japan Nonpartisan Association for Reconsidering Human Rights Diplomacy @JinkenGaikou holds second general meeting, led by #IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. Gen Nakatani and Rep. @ShioriYamao.
Watch below 👇 twitter.com/JinkenGaikou/s…
An international cross-party group of legislators working to reform the approach of democratic countries to China. Join us.