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Taiwan to support Lithuania with $200m fund after dispute with PRC | Financial Times
The investment plan follows punitive trade sanctions issued by the Chinese government against Lithuania following its deepening of ties with Taiwan.
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Hong Kong’s Chow Hang-tung jailed in second Tiananmen vigil case | Al Jazeera
Activist sentenced to 15 months in prison for incitement for a banned vigil to commemorate those who died in Beijing’s crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
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Hong Kong’s Citizen News to close, amid fears for staff’s safety | Al Jazeera
Independent online outlet to close on Tuesday, citing fears for its staff and an increasingly hostile media environment.
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Speed of Stand News shutdown sends chilling signal to Hong Kong’s media | The Guardian
Activists warned that the legal charges used against the website could effectively make any critical journalism illegal in Hong Kong.
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#BREAKING: German Foreign Minister @ABaerbock announces she will NOT be attending the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#IPAC 🇩🇪 members have called on government officials not to attend the Games in light of ongoing human rights abuses.
#NoRightsNoShow
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Hong Kong pro-democracy Stand News shuts down after police raid | Reuters
Police send 200 officers to raid Stand News and arrest seven on "seditious publications" offences.
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Two Hong Kong universities remove Tiananmen artworks after Pillar of Shame dismantled | The Guardian
CUHK’s Goddess of Democracy and a sculpture at Lingnan University were removed overnight as authorities move to erase memorials to the massacre.
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🇱🇹 Lithuanian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee passes resolution condemning the sham Hong Kong Legislative Council elections.
The resolution calls for the EU to create a mechanism for political dissidents to seek asylum in Europe. twitter.com/DSakaliene/sta…
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University of Hong Kong removes Tiananmen Massacre monument in dead of night | Hong Kong Free Press
The moves are the latest in efforts to erase Hong Kong's memories of the 1989 June 4th Beijing Tiananmen Square Massacre.
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Amazon agreed to allow only five-star reviews for Xi’s book in China | The Times
The US retail giant agreed to Beijing's demand to have anything below a five-star review of Xi Jinping’s book removed from its Chinese site.
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U.S. warns banks as it names five more Chinese government officials under Hong Kong act | Reuters
The individuals were targeted for contributing to the undermining of Hong Kong's democracy, days after the sham Legislative Council elections concluded.
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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.
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#IPAC 🇸🇪 members @hampushagman and @david_josefsson submit interpellations for the Swedish Riksdag to debate a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The text references human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region and the kidnapping of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai.
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#BREAKING: UN Committee Against Torture requests Moroccan authorities NOT to extradite Uyghur asylum seeker Idris Hassan to the PRC.
#IPAC has warned @Marocdiplo_EN on the severe risk of torture that Hassan would face if extradited.
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Hong Kong elections marred by record low turnout as voters snub poll | Financial Times
Pro-Beijing parties dominate contest condemned as ‘sham’ for lack of opposition candidates.
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Hong Kong Legislative Council election is "an exhibition in authoritarianism"
#IPAC statement on Hong Kong Legislative Council elections.
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Peng Shuai retracts sexual assault claims as fears over wellbeing persist | The Guardian
Claim contradicts Chinese tennis player’s social media post in which she accused senior party figure of coercing her into sex.
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Today's Hong Kong #LegCo elections mark a sobering milestone in the dismantling of Hong Kong's democracy.
These sham elections show the fear and contempt with which the CCP views its critics.
Our governments must hold the PRC accountable for its violations of international law.
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🇩🇰 Letter to Moroccan Ambassador to Denmark Ms Raja Ghannam signed by MP @uffeelbaek.
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#IPAC members in 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇴🇸🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 have written to their Moroccan Embassies raising the case of Uyghur asylym seeker #IdrisHassan.
Those extradited to the PRC could face torture and arbitrary detention.
#DoNotExtradite
@Marocdiplo_EN
Coverage 👇
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House unanimously passes Uyghur forced labor bill | Axios
The legislation will ban imports from Xinjiang unless goods can be proved to be free of Uyghur forced labour.
Congratulations to #IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenRubioPress for leading the campaign.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL:
Will the UK honour its obligations under international law to act to prevent Genocide, at the instant it learns of a serious risk of Genocide?
UK government response to conclusion of the @TribunalUyghur debated in the House of Lords.
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US to blacklist eight more Chinese companies including dronemaker DJI | Financial Times
American investors will be barred from taking stakes in groups accused of involvement in Xinjiang abuses
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UPDATED: Growing pressure on French Minister @RoxaMaracineanu NOT to attend the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of severe human rights abuses.
Letter led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 members gains further signatures from cross-party Députées and Senators.
#NoRightsNoShow
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Moroccan court gives green light to extradition proceedings for Uyghur #IdrisHasan to P.R. China.
#IPAC members have called upon the Moroccan authorities to block Hasan's extradition, knowing that he would be at high risk of torture and persecution by the PRC government. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
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