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Pro-Beijing reforms threaten ‘end’ of HK’s legal system, top lawyer warns | Financial Times
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"While the Uighurs are forcibly sterilised, their children brainwashed and tens of thousands enslaved, the UK is bending over backwards to secure more Chinese trade."
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12 Japan firms will kill business deals involving Uyghur forced labour | Kyodo News
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Today the Canadian Parliament will vote on the #UyghurGenocide motion, receiving cross party backing from #IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chairs @GarnettGenuis MP and Hon. @IrwinCotler. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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BREAKING: Canada recognizes China's treatment of Uyghurs as a genocide.
The Canadian Parliament passed the #UyghurGenocide resolution backed by #IPAC 🇨🇦 members @GarnettGenuis MP @IrwinCotler and others.
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Holocaust survivors urge Boris Johnson to stand up for Uighurs as genocide law fight resumes | Politico
#GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill led by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL returns to the House of Lords today.
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EU mulls action on China amid Hong Kong crackdown | Politico
#IPAC calls for #NoExtradition to Hong Kong considered by European governments.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL: The UK government's attempts to build trade cooperation with China contradicts its claims that it will not pursue trade agreements with states accused of genocide.
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"The Genocide Convention is about preventing atrocities, not waiting to count the bodies."
#IPAC co-chair Baroness Kennedy highlights the testimony of Uyghur women in building evidence for alleged genocide in Xinjiang.
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BREAKING: UK House of Lords votes in favour of the revised #GenocideAmendment by 367 to 214 votes, receiving overwhelming cross-party support.
The Amendment will now move to the House of Commons. twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Australian Senate to consider legislation banning the import of goods made with Uyghur forced labour.
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‘Patriots’ Only: Beijing Plans Overhaul of Hong Kong’s Elections | New York Times nytimes.com/2021/02/23/wor…
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"Silence is tacit consent."
#IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata writes in Sankei Shimbun calling for Japan to take a tougher stance on the Chinese government's abuse of human rights in Xinjiang.
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“It is about time that the German government realised that actors for the Chinese government could pose a threat to exiled Hong Kongers.”
#IPAC 🇩🇪 member @GydeJ MdB on an interior ministry report on Chinese state intimidation of activists in Germany.
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“Despite the veneer of legality, many of those in Xinjiang’s prisons are ordinary people who were convicted for going about their lives and practicing their religion.”
China: Baseless Imprisonments Surge in Xinjiang | Human Rights Watch
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"The experts have spoken, the survivors have spoken and now Parliament has spoken."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis MP on the declaring of #UyghurGenocide by Canada's Parliament.
Genuis calls for Xinjiang import restrictions and targeted sanctions in response to the abuses. twitter.com/GarnettGenuis/…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members @AnnaFotyga_PE MEP and @MiriamMLex MEP lead calls for sponsors to drop support for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on human rights concerns.
The signatories call on sponsors to "prevent the Chinse Communist Party from exploiting these games for their own gain." twitter.com/AnnaFotyga_PE/…
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP calls for New Zealand to enact modern slavery legislation to prevent the import of goods tainted by #Uyghur forced labour.
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The Dutch Parliament declares the Chinese government's treatment of Uyghurs as a Genocide, in a resolution backed by #IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chairs @Martijncda MP and @HenkKrol MP.
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Dutch parliament says China’s treatment of Uighurs is genocide | Al Jazeera
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 members @AndreGattolin, @OlivierCadic and @VALLINIAndre met with Taiwan Ambassador to France François Wu.
The Senators voiced their support for Taiwan's participation in the WHO, INTERPOL and other multilateral organisations. twitter.com/OlivierCadic/s…
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#BREAKING Ireland joins the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, led by co-chairs Sen. @barrymward and Sen. @malcolmbyrne.
#IPAC now works across 20 legislatures on 5 continents.
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Hong Kong: 47 democracy activists charged with subversion under security law
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"A common threat requires a united international response. We cannot let our political differences split our response to China’s assertive authoritarianism."
🇮🇪 Senators @barrymward
@malcolmbyrne write on the launch of #IPAC in Ireland's Oireachtas.
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Japan Must Lead Push for Independent Probe of Uyghur Human Rights Abuses | Japan Forward
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