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China pressured Ukraine into withdrawing from a UN Human Rights Council statement on human rights abuses in Xinjiang, by threatening the withholding of COVID-19 vaccines | Associated Press
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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.
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Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport | Reuters
Hong Kong police arrested a former Apple Daily newspaper journalist on a suspected national security charge as he tried to leave the city.
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UN rights boss signals she may move on Xinjiang without China nod | Reuters
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has repeatedly been blocked by China from investigating human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region.
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Hong Kong Book Fair to call in police over exhibits which could breach national security law | Hong Kong Free Press
The move comes as police investigate a public library for a display of books written by imprisoned Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy urges the UK government to join the US in sanctioning Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
Baroness Kennedy called for closer coordination on 'Magnitsky' human rights sanctions between the UK, US, Canada and European Union.
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In windfall for Xinjiang, huge US mutual funds invest millions in its companies | SCMP
US firm Vanguard's 'ethically conscious' fund invests in Xinjiang firms participating in programmes linked with Uyghur forced labour abuses.
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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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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member @EnginEroglu_FW leads open letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam following the forced closure of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily.
The signatories condemn the attacks on press freedoms in the city and call for the release of arrested journalists.
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#BREAKING: US Government imposes import bans on Xinjiang solar technology firm Hoshine for its use of Uyghur forced labour.
#IPAC has led calls for G7 states to block the import of solar technology products tainted by Uyghur forced labour.
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‘Painful farewell’: Hongkongers queue for hours to buy final Apple Daily edition | The Guardian
Million copies printed of last issue as journalists at newspaper that was forced to close mourn ‘historical moment’.
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Swedish court upholds ban on Huawei selling 5G network gear | Reuters
The court upheld the right of telecom regulator PTS to ban Huawei from 5G networks in light of security concerns raised by the Swedish Security Service.
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 calls on Prime Minister Mario Draghi to heighten Italy's coordination with the US, UK and other democratic allies on Hong Kong.
Formentini described the forced closure of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily as "an attack on democracy everywhere."
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Lawmakers Urge UN Investigation Into Xinjiang | RFA
Coverage of #IPAC calls for UN to investigate alleged Genocide against Uyghurs.
#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause: "there can be no turning away from the mounting evidence that documents these abuses"
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Hong Kong's first trial under national security law starts without jury | BBC News
"The trial without jury is seen as a landmark moment for Hong Kong's fast-changing legal traditions."
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Growing calls for Australia to impose diplomatic boycott on 2022 Beijing Olympics | SBS News
Coverage of #IPAC actions across 11 parliaments calling for leaders to decline invitations to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
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40 countries call for UN to be granted meaningful access to investigate abuses in Xinjiang, in a statement delivered to the Human Rights Council.
Last week #IPAC called on HRC members to back investigations into alleged genocide in the Uyghur Region.
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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.
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP call on Justice Minister @KrisinMana to block the extradition of New Zealand citizens and residents to China.
China's promises on the treatment and fair trial of those extradited have been broken in numerous cases.
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Hong Kong leader refuses to say how media can avoid arrest in wake of Apple Daily raids | The Guardian
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"The world seems to forget that China broke its promises related to the Beijing 2008 Olympics and is committing atrocities against the Uyghur and other Turkic communities in plain sight."
Opinion: If Uyghur Lives Matter, the Olympics Should Move | WSJ
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 member @GydeJ MdB asks State Secretary Markus Kerber whether the German government is considering staging a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics, in light of severe human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region.
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Today the @UNHumanRights Council meets in Geneva🇺🇳
IPAC calls on HRC Members 🇨🇿🇩🇰🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇳🇱🇬🇧 to back a Commission of Inquiry into Genocide and other alleged crimes in Xinjiang.
@JakubKulhanek @JeppeKofod @JY_LeDrian @HeikoMaas @luigidimaio @moteging @SigridKaag @DominicRaab twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Apple Daily could shut ‘in days’ after Hong Kong asset freeze | Al Jazeera
Hong Kong authorities have used the National Security Law imposed by China to freeze the company’s assets and arrest the paper’s editor and four directors.
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