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Beijing's trade sanctions on Lithuania are "an attack on the whole EU bloc."
#IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP on the Chinese government's reaction to the opening of the Vilnius Taiwan Representative Office.
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#BREAKING Sunday Times finds that @HSBC has continued to buy shares in subsidiaries of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) *AFTER* the XPCC was sanctioned by @USTreasury in 2020. Featuring comment from #IPAC members 👇
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🇺🇸 Co-Chair, Senator @marcorubio:
“HSBC is working around existing sanctions against entities engaged in genocide so it can buy shares in Xinjiang. This is another example of a company turning a blind eye to genocide and slavery just to turn a profit….
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other ethnic minorities tortured in Xinjiang. I urge the Biden Administration to immediately investigate the extent to which HSBC violated U.S. sanctions on the XPCC and hold institutions accountable for violations of U.S. law and basic human rights.”
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HSBC purchasing shares in firm linked to human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims | City AM
HSBC has purchased £2m worth of shares in a subsidiary of a Chinese state-backed firm sanctioned by the US government for Uyghur forced labour abuses.
cityam.com/hsbc-holding-s…
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Humo interview with #IPAC 🇧🇪 Belgium co-chair @SamuelCogolati on prevalence of #Hikvision surveillance cameras in Belgian government buildings.
Cogolati: Belgium too "naive" about risk of Chinese government surveillance through Chinese tech firms.
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Taiwan, Canada to start talks on investment agreement | Reuters
Taiwan and Canada investment protection deal could boost ties in the face of growing pressure from Beijing.
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Chinese government makes a show of opening up the internet for the Olympics | Axios
Olympic Village will have temporary access to social media platforms and other blocked websites, though athletes could still fall foul of laws criminalising dissent.
axios.com/beijing-china-…
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‘We fought the good fight’: journalists in Hong Kong reel from assault on media | The Guardian
Close to two dozen journalists and press freedom campaigners have been arrested since the implementation of the national security law in June 2020.
theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…
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Amendment co-sponsored by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Kennedy aims to prevent health procurement from regions linked to suspected genocide.
If succesful, the amendment could see the UK government instructed to assess whether #Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
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Hong Kong’s crackdown renews scrutiny on role of foreign judges | The Globe and Mail
Hong Kong government pays foreign judges HK$3.9-million in 2021 to sit on Court of Final Appeal, amidst intensifying legal crackdown on the city's free press.
theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…
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Lithuania’s foreign minister calls on EU to stand up to Beijing | Financial Times
Chinese government trade coercion against Lithuania a 'test' for EU's commitment to single market.
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#BREAKING: IPAC (UK) statement on the activities of the United Front Work Department in the UK Parliament.
The UFWD's actions risk subverting our free democratic debate.
The government must act to protect members of diasporic communities most at risk from UFWD intimidation.
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Chinese 'agent' meddling in British politics, MI5 warns | Nikkei Asia
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @timloughton calls on the UK government to conduct investigations into the Chinese Communist Party's 'United Front' lobbying efforts in Parliament.
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Sweden's failure to carry out a diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 is a "betrayal" to Uyghurs and for pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
#IPAC 🇸🇪 members @DavidLega @IsaLann1 and @hampushagman write for Jyllands-Posten.
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#BREAKING: Denmark to join diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Olympics over human rights concerns.
Congratulations to @uffeelbaek and #IPAC 🇩🇰 members for leading the campaign.
Growing momentum behind #IPAC calls for #NoRightsNoShow
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis calls for revival of special parliamentary committee on Canada-China relations to examine Chinese government threats against Taiwan and Indo-Pacific countries.
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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#BREAKING: UK House of Commons speaker calls on the Chinese government to lift sanctions on UK parliamentarians in unprecedented intervention.
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Home Secretary @pritipatel speaks of the "harrowing" intimidation of Hong Kongers accessing the BN(O) visa scheme by the Chinese government.
The answer came in response to calls from #IPAC member @timloughton to protect British Chinese groups from CCP harassment in the UK.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex leads letter to EU leaders calling for solidarity with Lithuania as it withstands pressure from Beijing.
"failing to respond to the PRC's actions would embolden it to engage in further coercion against Lithuania or any other EU member state" twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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Back Lithuania or face more coercion from China, lawmakers tell EU chiefs | SCMP
#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs lead letter warning against Chinese government attempts to 'divide and rule' among EU member states.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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Chinese government forces 2,500 ‘fugitives’ back from overseas during pandemic | The Guardian
Chinese government uses family intimidation and kidnappings to coerce opponents to return to China, says new report from @SafeguardDefend.
theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…
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China warns foreign Olympic athletes against speaking out on politics at Winter Games | Washington Post
China’s Olympics organizing committee warned that foreign athletes may face punishment for speech that violates Chinese law at the 2022 Winter Games.
washingtonpost.com/sports/olympic…
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