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#BREAKING: European Parliament adopts Uyghur Urgency Resolution co-authored by #IPAC members @bueti @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW.
The Resolution calls for:
1⃣Sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs
2⃣Ban on imports tainted by Xinjiang forced labour twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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Urgent Question raised in the UK House of Lords on state sponsored forced labour in Xinjiang.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy urges the UK to use 'Magnitsky' sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for abuses against Uyghurs.
"Inaction becomes complicity."
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#IPAC co-chair @MiriamMLex:
"Engaging positively with the Chinese people means standing with Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Tibetans and all those oppressed by the Chinese Communist Party."
Lexmann calls for EU bans on all imports made by forced labour in China.
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Highlights from European Parliament debate on resolution co-authored by #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW, @bueti and @MiriamMLex on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.
Eroglu: "What is happening in Xinjiang is a systematic nightmare".
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Today the European Parliament debates a resolution on abuses against Uyghurs, calling for sanctions on Chinese government officials.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @bueti @MiriamMLex @EnginEroglu_FW @guyverhofstadt have played a critical role in writing this resolution.
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Positive movement from the @GOVUK following @adrianzenz report and today's Urgent Question secured by Co-Chair @MPIainDS on forced #Uyghur labor. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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IPAC Co-Chair @MPIainDS asks his Urgent Question after adviser @adrianzenz new report into forced #Uyghur labour in the cotton industry.
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▶️LIVE NOW: Justice for Uyghurs: IPAC and Rodney Dixon QC
Join #IPAC co-chairs Hon. @IrwinCotler and Baroness Kennedy QC in discussing attempts to hold the Chinese government to account for Uyghur abuses at the ICC.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: UK businesses "must wake up" to China's Uighur cotton slaves.
Further coverage of #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz report on forced labour in the Xinjiang cotton industry.
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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Big Four auditors employ hundreds of Chinese Communist Party members | The Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/…
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Xinjiang: more than half a million forced to pick cotton, report suggests | The Guardian
Further coverage of report by #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz into state sponsored forced labour programmes in Xinjiang.
theguardian.com/world/2020/dec…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chairs @MPIainDS and Baroness (Helena) Kennedy address UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab.
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#IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chairs Sen. @PavelFischer and Jan Lipavský MP address Czech Minister for Foreign Affairs @TPetricek.
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#BREAKING: 18 #IPAC co-chairs urge foreign ministers to issue statements in support of Australia against China's attempts at bullying and coercion.
Those petitioned include Canada, Czechia, Denmark, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK.
smh.com.au/world/europe/i…
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We call on governments to establish investigations to ensure that the appropriate legal determinations regarding the nature of alleged atrocities can be made and must work with companies to ensure that supply chains in China are not tainted by forced labour.
Full statement below
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#BREAKING #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz releases report revealing widespread forced labour within the Xinjiang cotton industry.
Hundreds of thousands of Uyghur labourers in Xinjiang are being forced to pick cotton by hand through a coercive state-mandated labour transfer scheme. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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Australia's top spy agency has begun investigating revelations that Chinese Communist Party members have been working in Australia’s consulate in Shanghai for years | The Australian
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The Telegraph: Senior staff at HSBC, Standard Chartered and Deutsche Bank are Chinese Communist Party members.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/…
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Further coverage in The Australian.
"Party insiders in the ranks"
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Sky News Australia: Major leak 'lifts the lid' on the Chinese Communist Party.
skynews.com.au/details/_62159…
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Full story:
Leaked files expose mass infiltration of UK firms by Chinese Communist Party including AstraZeneca, Rolls Royce, HSBC and Jaguar Land Rover
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
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#IPAC comment on the leaked database of the Chinese Communist Party Shanghai branch member register.
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Barcelona star Griezmann cuts Huawei ties over Uighur persecution | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/1…
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