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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS calls on UK PM @BorisJohnson to support Taiwan's right to democracy and self determination in light of increasing pressure from Beijing on Taiwan. twitter.com/MPIainDS/statu…
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'I fled Hong Kong for Britain and now China won't let me have my pension' | The Telegraph
Encroachment of Chinese power in Hong Kong is hitting BNO passport holders.
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UK’s dependence on Chinese imports is ‘threat to national security’ | The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti and @petras_petras lead over 60 cross-party MEPs in stating solidarity with Lithuania as it withstands pressure from the Chinese government.
The letter calls on the EU to stand against Beijing's 'coercive diplomacy' targeted at Lithuania.
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EU Lawmakers Ignore China Protests, Seek Stronger Taiwan Ties | Newsweek
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on Chinese government attempts to block report calling for deeper Taiwan-EU relations.
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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.
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @CassyOConnorMP raises case of Uyghur activist #IdrisHasan, detained in Morocco and at risk of extradition to China.
O'Connor: "the Chinese government is using Interpol for political purposes to target ethnic minorities"
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7 Hong Kong democrats jailed over unauthorised assembly in Oct 2019 | Hong Kong Free Press
Seven pro-democracy figures each sentenced to at least 11 months in prison over charges linked to a peaceful demonstration in October, 2019.
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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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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.
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The Supreme Court’s shameful statement on Hong Kong | Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness (Helena) Kennedy
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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.
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Extradition hearing for exiled Uyghur activist detained in Morocco postponed.
#IPAC members from 16 legislatures have called on the Moroccan government to block the extradition of #IdrisHasan to China, where he could face persecution and torture. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
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Hong Kong proposes film censorship law to 'safeguard national security' | Reuters
New film censorship legislation signals a further shrinking of freedoms in Hong Kong.
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Uyghurs in Afghanistan Fear Deportation to China or Persecution Under The Taliban | RFA
Uyghurs who fled persecution in China could be vulnerable to Taliban efforts to placate Beijing.
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Xinjiang: Interpol cancels alert for Uygur man sought by China | SCMP
#IPAC members have called on the Moroccan government to block the extradition of Idris Hasan, noting that Beijing has abused the Interpol system to repatriate overseas dissidents.
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Japanese foreign affairs chair wants more pressure on Beijing 2022 | Sydney Morning Herald
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics across international parliaments.
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Bill to ban slave labour imports gains support as Uyghurs long for missing relatives | ABC News
Push for Australia to block imports linked to China's Uyghur forced labour supply chains gains momentum.
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STATEMENT ON THE CONVICTIONS OF ANDY LI, CHAN TSZ-WAH, AND TONG YING-KIT UNDER THE #HONGKONG NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
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China’s ‘black site’ prison for dissidents is revealed | The Times
A young woman on the run with her fiancé, a Chinese dissident, says that she was held for weeks at a secret “black site” jail run by the Chinese embassy in Dubai.
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Prominent Hong Kong civil rights group disbands, citing government pressure | CNN
CHRF the latest in a string of organizations and groups to disband or leave Hong Kong in recent months, citing diminishing civil liberties and a shrinking public sphere.
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Detainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs | AP
A Chinese activist's account of being held at a secret detention facility in Dubai may be the first evidence that China is operating a so-called “black site” beyond its borders.
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Rule by Fear Is Changing the Face of Hong Kong Society | Bloomberg
"After being likened in China’s state media to a “tumor” and “poison,” a teachers’ union with nearly 100,000 members saw the writing on the blackboard and dissolved itself."
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Kazakh fleeing repression threatened with forced deportation back to China, where he could face torture and persecution.
He remains in custody in Ukraine, and will have his extradition case considered this week.
@MFA_Ukraine @DmytroKuleba
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#IPAC statement on the treatment of Canadians Michael Spavor, Michael Kovrig and Robert Lloyd Schellenberg at the hands of the Chinese government.
Democratic countries must act urgently to establish a united front against the Chinese government’s hostage diplomacy.
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