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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti: European Parliament not informed of plans to agree new rules for European NGOs operating in China.
#CAI would allow Beijing to gain "comprehensive control" over EU NGOs, with requirements that Chinese nationals hold key posts.
handelsblatt.com/politik/intern…
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"In Burma, the illegal regime, authors of atrocity crimes ... strut with impunity, aided and abetted by their authoritarian friends in Beijing."
#IPAC member @DavidAltonHL calls on the UK to seek reform to UN Security Council vetoes on mass atrocity crime investigations.
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#BREAKING: Lithuanian Seimas declares the Chinese state's persecution of Uyghurs constitutes Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
The motion was led by #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP and follows #UyghurGenocide declarations from 🇺🇸 government and 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇳🇱 parliaments. twitter.com/LRSeimas/statu…
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EU-China investment deal on hold as MEPs vote to halt talks | SCMP
The resolution called for Beijing to lift sanctions on European parliamentarians and urged EU member states to suspend extradition treaties with China and Hong Kong.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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European Parliament votes to freeze controversial EU-China investment deal | Euro News
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti calls for EU Member States to show a "clear signal of solidarity" with members of the European Parliament sanctioned by Beijing.
euronews.com/2021/05/20/eur…
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Lithuanian parliament becomes latest to recognize Uyghur genocide | Axios
#IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP:
"We support democracy, as we will never forget the cruel lesson of living under occupation by a Communist regime for 50 years."
axios.com/lithuania-parl…
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We will pursue you for life, Hong Kong warns wanted activists abroad | Apple Daily
This week the European Parliament called on ten EU member states to revoke extradition treaties with China and Hong Kong.
hk.appledaily.com/news/20210519/…
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#IPAC adviser @AkiraIgata speaks to Asahi Shimbun about efforts to establish Japan's human rights diplomacy through Magnitsky-style sanctions and supply chains due diligence.
asahi.com/sp/articles/DA…
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Lithuania pulls out of China’s ’17+1′ bloc in Eastern Europe | Politico
Following Lithuania’s departure, 11 other EU countries remain in the grouping.
politico.eu/article/lithua…
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Taiwan criticises WHO 'indifference' after failing to get into meeting | Reuters
#IPAC led global calls for Taiwan's inclusion in the World Health Assembly and @WHO.
#WHA74 #LetTaiwanHelp
reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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Minister warns China's National Intelligence law would oblige Alibaba to handover sensitive data if demanded by the Chinese government.
E-Commerce giant Alibaba will open open a major hub in Liège airport, Belgium.
lemonde.fr/economie/artic…
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Report: Beijing flooded Taiwan with coronavirus disinformation | Axios
Chinese state backed forces spread COVID-19-related disinformation aimed at delegitimizing Taiwan's democratic government and improving Beijing's image.
axios.com/report-beijing…
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"We cannot allow the long arm of the Chinese state to reach into the heart of our European democracy."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti backs calls for 10 EU Member States to terminate extradition agreements with China and Hong Kong to protect exiles in Europe.
aninews.in/news/world/eur…
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Former Muslim leader at China's biggest mosque in Xinjiang incarcerated | The Japan Times
The former imam at the Id Kah mosque is believed to have been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with other religious leaders also detained.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/2…
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Concerns around the impact of China's National Intelligence Law on UK telecommunications raised by #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP.
Chinese firms operating in the UK would be obliged to secretly pass on sensitive data to intelligence services if requested by the Chinese state.
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Trapped in Dubai – China’s hunt for a teenage dissident.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/trappe…
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AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs | BBC News
Software engineer says tests on detained Uyghurs aim to build tools enabling criminal "pre-judgement without any credible evidence".
bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…
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#BREAKING: Over 20 #IPAC 🇪🇺 members join @EnginEroglu_FW MEP in calling on the EU to offer a lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers fleeing persecution.
The signatories call on the Council and Commission to open a special visa route for Hong Kongers to work and study in Europe.
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BREAKING: Italy's Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously adopts a motion issuing the "strongest possible condemnation" of human rights abuses in the Uyghur region.
The motion led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 members named abuses including forced sterilization, mass internment and forced labour. twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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Chinese Surveillance-Gear Maker Hikvision Has Ties to Country’s Military, Report Says | Wall Street Journal
Hikvision plays a major role in supplying public surveillance technologies across Europe and internationally.
wsj.com/articles/chine…
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Chinese foreign minister tells Germans ‘you know what genocide looks like’ | Sydney Morning Herald
#IPAC 🇪🇺🇩🇪 co-chair @bueti: using the holocaust as a “diplomatic football” is a reckless new low in the Chinese government's wolf-warrior diplomacy.
smh.com.au/world/europe/c…
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Hong Kong police officially ban Tiananmen Massacre park vigil for second successive year | Hong Kong Free Press
hongkongfp.com/2021/05/27/bre…
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed again as Tiananmen vigil banned | The Guardian
Media figure punished over peaceful pro-democracy rally as authorities again cite coronavirus restrictions to prohibit traditional Tiananmen vigil.
theguardian.com/world/2021/may…
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BREAKING: #IPAC statement on the passing of Hong Kong's 'patriot' electoral reform laws.
IPAC condemns attempts to turn Hong Kong into a fabricated and hollowed out democracy.
Democracies must take joint punitive economic actions to hold the Chinese government accountable.
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"The Uyghur in Xinjiang are experiencing ... organ harvesting, measures to prevent women giving birth and the forcible transfer of Uyghur children out of their community"
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall explains why New Zealand MPs are signing up to #IPAC.
au.news.yahoo.com/zealand-braces…
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