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#BREAKING: #IPAC statement on the arrest of over 50 Hong Kong activists.
We call on democratic countries to take immediate action at the United Nations and to consider what joint, punitive economic action can be taken to ensure the Chinese government reconsiders its actions.
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We call on all members of the international community to honour their promises to the people of Hong Kong and take urgent and unprecedented action to hold China accountable for these violations of international law.
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Today’s arrests demonstrate that despite widespread international condemnation, the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities remain undeterred in their determination to destroy the last remnants of Hong Kong’s autonomy, freedoms and rule of law.
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Full story: theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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BREAKING: #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs slam EU-China #CAI investment deal after arrest of over 50 Hong Kong activists. [THREAD]
Former Belgian Prime Minister and IPAC member @guyverhofstadt MEP says the EP will "never ratify" #CAI until human rights situation improves.
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The EU must ditch its deal with China after the arrests in Hong Kong | Spectator
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Featuring #IPAC statement on Hong Kong arrests:
"We call on democratic countries to take immediate action at the United Nations and to consider what joint, punitive economic action can be taken to ensure the Chinese government reconsiders its actions."
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL labels the mass arrests of over 50 Hong Kong activists as "the methods of a police state".
Alton calls on the UK government to honour its treaty obligations to Hong Kong and implement Magnitsky sanctions against Chinese officials.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy raises the case of Hong Kong activist @tedhuichifung, whose family's bank accounts have been frozen by @HSBC:
"Beijing is co-opting banks and international companies which have strong links in Britain into supporting the security law."
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#IPAC statement on arrests of over 50 Hong Kong politicians, activists and lawyers supported by Japan Parliamentary Alliance on China 🇯🇵 #JPAC twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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"Ignoring those concerns, Germany and France rammed through the deal, seemingly with little regard for the EU’s self-proclaimed commitment to freedom and human rights."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for CapX on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
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"A national emergency doesn’t justify exposing UK consumers to slavery."
#IPAC Coordinator @lukedepulford comments on UK government purchase of PPE linked to Xinjiang Uyghur forced labour supply chains.
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 member @guyverhofstadt MEP:
"The European Parliament will never ratify the China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment without commitments and proof that the human rights of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs & Tibetans improve."
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Die EU glaubt an den Markt, China an die Waffe | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Mit dem Handschlag der EU krönt Xi Jinping zudem ein Jahr der Repression nach innen und der Aggression nach außen."
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Statement on reports Hong Kong authorities are considering prosecuting #IPAC 🇩🇰 members @Ammitzboell_K & @uffeelbaek.
We call on our respective governments to unequivocally condemn these attempts to intimidate our elected representatives and interfere with our democratic life.
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#BREAKING under sustained pressure from #IPAC UK MPs and Peers running the #NoGenocideTrade campaign, @GOVUK announces new policies to confront China’s abuse of #Uyghurs but stops short of addressing alleged #genocide
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"The UK should be empowered not to trade with regimes overseeing genocide"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani
MP writes in the Times on campaign to #StopGenocideTrade through the UK Trade Bill.
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp calls for Australia to adopt Magnitsky human rights sanctions legislation and to scrap Victoria State's involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative.
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UK government enacts #IPAC 🇬🇧 recommendations on imports linked to Xinjiang forced labour supply chains, but fails to address calls for High Court genocide determination judgements backed by #NoGenocideTrade campaign.
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Sen. @AndreGattolin on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"It's hard to see how these gains outweigh the blatant human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet and against Taiwan, and the political cost of condoning such actions."
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#BREAKING: UK Foreign Secretary @DominicRaab announces measures on Xinjiang forced labour called for by #IPAC members:
1. Updated risk profiles for firms operating in Xinjiang
2. Strengthened modern slavery legislation
3. No govt. procurement of forced labour imports
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#IPAC member @timloughton MP calls for the UK to follow the US in passing a 'reciprocal access' bill, prohibiting Chinese officials from travelling to the UK if China continues to deny access to Xinjiang and Tibet for international human rights inspectors.
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Canadian government issues advisory for businesses operating in Xinjiang, citing widespread forced labour and grave human rights abuses.
This answers calls made by #IPAC 🇨🇦 members for supply chain risk profiles to be updated in light of abuses.
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China's treatment of Uighurs amounts to torture, says Dominic Raab | the Guardian
Featuring comment from #IPAC coordinator @lukedepulford on the failure of announced changes to address HikVision and Huawei complicity in oppression of Xinjiang Uyghurs.
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"We were panting like cattle. Sometimes, one or another of us would faint. If she didn’t come round, a guard would yank her to her feet and slap her awake. If she collapsed again, he would drag her out of the room, and we’d never see her again. Ever."
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