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📢Press Release: EU lawmakers slam new air cargo route to Xinjiang 'forced labour capital'.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 members @SamuelCogolati MP 🇧🇪 and @bueti MEP 🇩🇪 lead calls for import bans on goods made with forced labour as direct flight connects Europe to Xinjiang.
ipac.global/eu-lawmakers-s…
1527
Ministers ‘looking seriously’ at changing rules that exclude young Hong Kongers from BNO scheme | Independent
Amendment led by @DamianGreen in Commons and @DavidAltonHL in Lords could see extension of BNO visa to Hong Kongers born after 1997.
@hk_watch
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
1528
Foreign Judges Are Enabling Hong Kong’s Legal Crackdown | The Diplomat
A Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker is in jail because of a court ruling endorsed by a U.K. judge.
thediplomat.com/2022/02/foreig…
1529
Taiwan, Canada, Japan ask to join EU’s WTO case against Chinese government | Politico
Growing global coordination behind efforts to counter Chinese government economic coercion against Lithuania over its deepening of relations with Taiwan.
politico.eu/article/taiwan…
1530
UK government rips up solar contract linked to Uyghur slavery | The Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton calls for bans on imports of goods made with Uyghur forced labour after multimillion pound solar contract linked to Xinjiang abuses.
thetimes.co.uk/article/domini…
1531
Academics sent to mental hospital for criticising the Chinese Communist Party | The Telegraph
School teacher forced to check into psychiatric ward after challenging Chinese government accounts of historical events.
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
1532
Hong Kong rights group says website not accessible through some networks | Reuters
Blocking of @hk_watch website by major internet providers could be exercise of new internet censorship powers under Hong Kong's National Security Law.
reuters.com/world/china/ho…
1533
#BREAKING: #IPAC calls on @WorldBank @IFC_org to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars invested in companies using Uyghur forced labour.
There can be no excuse for ignorance or inaction. The World Bank must have no part in financing these abuses.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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"What we are seeing today, as China hosts the games for a second time in 14 years, is the utter betrayal and abandonment of the Olympic Charter."
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler writes on the Chinese government's human rights record.
#Beijing2022
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
1535
Communication to Hong Kong authorities from UN Human Rights expert confirms that:
👮♂️NSL is in violation of Hong Kong's commitments under the ICCPR
🇨🇳 NSL cases considered in mainland China must still have ICCPR rights guaranteed.
🔗spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…
1536
Threatened, harassed, punished: The Uyghur translators telling Xinjiang’s story | Coda
#IPAC adviser @MahmutRahima speaks out on receiving Chinese government threats and harrasment for translating Uyghur survivors' testimonies.
codastory.com/authoritarian-…
1537
#BREAKING: UK government announces extension of #BNO scheme to Hong Kongers born after the 1997 handover.
Congratulations to #IPAC members @DamianGreen @DavidAltonHL and others for leading the campaign @hk_watch twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
1538
UK expands eligibility for Hong Kong visa offer | Reuters
Campaign led by #IPAC members @DamianGreen and @DavidAltonHL will allow those with parents holding a BN(O) passport to apply to live in the UK - including those born after 1997.
@hk_watch
reuters.com/world/uk-expan…
1539
While the world's eyes are rightly turned to Ukraine, we will not forget the #HK47.
On the one year anniversary of their detention, their plights shows how far the Chinese government has reneged on its promises to Hong Kong made under international law.
Statement 👇
1540
Push for Japan to adopt human rights centred diplomacy | Mainichi
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a tougher response to the Chinese government's abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Featuring @ShioriYamao @SujeetKOfficial @MPIainDS @AkiraIgata
mainichi.jp/articles/20220…
1541
Chinese Foreign Ministry says 'chickens will come home to roost' for #IPAC politicians following statement on the anniversary of the detention of the #HK47.
Threats will not stop us from speaking up for the #HK47 and all political prisoners in Hong Kong.
xinhuanet.com/english/202203…
1542
#IPAC🇬🇧members @HelenaKennedyQC @DavidAltonHL sponsor all-party amendment to Health and Care Bill to stop the #NHS from procuring from areas at serious risk of Genocide.
The UK's PPE supply chains have been linked to forced labour abuses in the #Uyghur Region.
#UnmaskGenocide
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The UK must stop purchasing healthcare equipment from states accused of genocide | Politics Home
#IPAC members @HelenaKennedyQC @DavidAltonHL
join all party amendment to block procurement of goods from regions at serious risk of Genocide.
#UnmaskGenocide
politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
1544
Following credible reports that Putin delayed his invasion of 🇺🇦 at the request of Xi Jinping, now seems a good time to re-up the standing invitation for legislators to join #IPAC. #Standtogether
ipac.global/contact/member/
1545
Russian banks turn to Chinese payments system after Visa and Mastercard suspend operations | The Telegraph
Sberbank and Alfa Bank plan to use Chinese state backed UnionPay system after Visa and Mastercard boycott Russia in response to Ukraine invasion.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/…
1546
Premier League games pulled in China over Ukraine support | The Times
Censors pulled the plug on broadcasts of Premier League matches last weekend over displays of support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…
1547
China cobalt mine deal was ‘injustice’: my country did not get anything, ex-DRC leader says | SCMP
Chinese state owned firms accussed of exploiting Congolese mineral resources before promised infrastructure development funds had been spent.
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
1548
UK Foreign Secretary @trussliz mirrors #IPAC calls for democratic states to reduce strategic dependency on China in light of the CCP's increasingly assertive authoritarianism. twitter.com/BeijingToBrit/…
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Switzerland will consider joining the EU's WTO case against the Chinese government should initial dispute consultations fail.
The answer came in response to #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR regarding the PRC government's punitive trade sanctions issued against Lithuania.
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Amazon suppliers linked to forced labour in China, watchdog group says | NBC News
Electronics firms using Xinjiang's state-backed coercive labour transfer schemes supply the Amazon Basics range and other own branded goods.
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
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