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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP highlights reports of forced sterilisation and birth suppression among Uyghur women and calls for the UK government to back independent tribunals investigating atrocities in Xinjiang. twitter.com/LBC/status/131…
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Academics warn of ‘chilling effect’ of Hong Kong security law | The Guardian
#IPAC advisor @AMFChina calls for a united front of academics, politicians and governments to mount a common defence of academic freedoms.
theguardian.com/education/2020…
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LIVE: UK parliamentarians debate calls for sanctions on China for abuses against Uyghur Muslims.
#IPAC member @amcarmichaelMP urges the UK to use its position on the UN Security Council to lead international efforts to make legal determinations on genocide in Xinjiang.
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Further coverage of statement led by #IPAC advisor @AMFChina calling for governments to respond to threats to academic freedoms from Hong Kong's National Security Law.
Over 100 internationally renowned academics have signed the open letter.
hk.appledaily.com/international/…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex highlights Beijing's coercive diplomacy and calls for reduction in EU's strategic dependency on P.R. China.
Full interview with @ETtodaytw: youtube.com/watch?v=bS7asr…
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BREAKING: #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz reveals the devastating impact of China's Xinjiang prison camps on Uyghur children.
An estimated 250,000 children have had a parent detained. Children with both parents detained are sent to state orphanages with restricted family contact. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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Finland suspends extradition agreement with Hong Kong.
#IPAC has called for #NoExtradition to Hong Kong since the passing of the National Security Law in June.
pledgetimes.com/hong-kong-finl…
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 members @GydeJ @MargareteBause discuss concerns over Beijing's treatment of Hong Kong and Taiwan at the Bundestag Human Rights Committee.
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9 #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs join letter to the President of the European Commission calling for closer EU-US coordination on responding to China's crackdown in Hong Kong.
@MiriamMLex @bueti @LegaSve @AnnaFotyga_PE @msojdrova @EnginEroglu_FW @hildevautmans @ViolavonCramon @fxbellamy twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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.@benedictrogers, adviser to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, said: "This illustrates the absolutely urgent need to reduce our strategic dependency on China in certain critical sectors such as PPE, and diversify our supply chains more generally."
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS called on the UK government to boycott the Olympics, describing China as “dictatorial, aggressive and intolerant”.
theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
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China scholars rally in support of #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady, who has faced threats and harassment after revealing links between New Zealand universities and Chinese military institutions.
rfa.org/english/news/c…
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German minister encourages companies to move supply chains away from China, citing concerns of strategic dependency.
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As Chinese investment into Ireland surges, Dublin tightens the rule book | @CNBC
The Irish PM says moves are to prevent “strategic assets falling into the hands of unfriendly foreign governments.”
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#IPAC advisors @Anne_MarieBrady and @AMFChina face threats and harassment after exposing the extent of Chinese Communist Party attempts to influence academic debates abroad.
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