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US electronics firm struck deal to transport and hire Uyghur workers | Reuters
U.S. remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc. employs hundreds of Uyghurs as part of state backed coercive labour transfer programmes.
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China could mount full scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025, island’s defence minister says | The Guardian
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'Some are just psychopaths': Chinese detective in exile reveals extent of torture against Uyghurs | CNN
"Inside the police detention centres, the main goal was to extract a confession from detainees, with sexual torture being one of the tactics."
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Switzerland dithers on the China question | SRF News
Coverage of efforts backed by #IPAC 🇨🇭 co-chair @FabianMolinaNR to insert human rights and labour rights clauses into the Switzerland-China Free Trade Agreement.
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Cambridge sets guidelines to reduce overseas engagement risks | Financial Times
New guidelines will train students and staff to deal with potential surveillance threats amid increasing targeting of Chinese students by Chinese government agents.
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IPAC Weekly Newsletter | 01 October 2021
Debt trap diplomacy exposed — UK pushes out China nuclear — Belgian MPs under pressure from Beijing
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Chinese Ambassador warns Belgian parliamentarians against criticism of Hong Kong abuses | De Morgen
#IPAC 🇧🇪 chair of Foreign Affairs Committee @ElsVanHoofcdenv warned on motion led by #IPAC co-chair @SamuelCogolati condemning HK National Security Law.
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Hong Kong disqualifies 10 more district councillors over ‘invalid’ oaths of loyalty, no explanation given | Hong Kong Free Press
It comes weeks after seven district councillors were ousted from their offices after oaths were similarly deemed “invalid.”
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Energy crisis: Government has domestic nuclear option as China is frozen out | Sky News
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: dependency on China for critical infrastructure exposes UK to Chinese government's "bullying" behaviour.
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China infrastructure drive traps poor nations with $385 bn 'hidden debt': study | AFP
Study finds more than a third of Belt and Road Initiative projects have been hit by alleged corruption scandals and protests.
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Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security chaired by #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson recommends urgent legislation to counter looming threats against critical infrastructure.
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UK plans to force sale of Chinese-owned nuclear stakes | Financial Times
Earlier this year #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chairs @MPIainDS and Baroness Kennedy wrote to the UK government calling for a ban on Chinese state owned firms involved in UK nuclear power.
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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.
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British lawmaker urges free world to support Taiwan | Taipei Times
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS calls on democratic states to to “categorically” support Taiwan and Lithuania in response to Chinese government bullying.
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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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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.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 calls on LDP Presidential candidates to clarify their support for a Japanese Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime.
@Japan_pac
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Aussie super funds cop heat for Chinese investments | The Australian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit calls for firms to examine whether investments could be enabling abuses in the Uyghur Region and Hong Kong, following latest report from @hk_watch.
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New report from @hk_watch finds UK, Canada and Australia state pension funds invest billions in firms complicit in the repression and surveillance of Uyghurs.
Alibaba, Tencent and others among firms favoured by Western pension and sovereign wealth funds.
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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.
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Concern over ‘censorship’ rules of NZ-Chinese news site | Newsroom
New Zealand media outlet warned users information could be shared with 'relevant state agencies' if they violate Chinese laws.
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady.
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Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns | Reuters
Phones sold in Europe by Xiaomi have built-in ability to detect and censor terms such as "Free Tibet" and "Long live Taiwan independence", Lithuania's cybersecurity body says.
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Snacks, books for prisoners spark Hong Kong security law arrests | Al Jazeera
Three students aged between 18 and 20 arrested for “subversion” over the group’s welfare programme for prisoners, with police seizing large quantities of sweets and books.
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Response from UK PM @BorisJohnson to @MPIainDS and #IPAC G7 co-chairs following an IPAC letter ahead of this year's G7 Summit.
IPAC called for supply chains reform in light of Uyghur forced labour abuses and a global infrastructure fund to counter the Belt and Road Initiative.
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