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Parliamentarians around the world from across the political spectrum would be gravely concerned if the exclusion of @MesutOzil1088 were due to his advocacy on behalf of #Uyghurs
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Special feature on Germany - China relations aired on @ZDF.
Featuring an extended interview with @nathanlawkc and #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair Michael Brand MdB.
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler leads calls to release jailed Chinese dissident Wang Bingzhang to receive medical treatment and contact with family.
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#IPAC member @AlynSmith MP raises Urgent Question on the sentencing of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam.
Smith calls for sanctions on Hong Kong officials and assurances that activists sentenced under the National Security Law will not be barred from seeking asylum in the UK.
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Yesterday: The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemns #IPAC in response to our solidarity with the Hong Kong opposition.
Today: We announce 12 new members, expanding our alliance to 178 members across 19 legislatures.
We will always #StandTogether with those oppressed by the CCP.
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"This isn’t just an attack on Australia. It’s an attack on free countries everywhere."
Comment from #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair Sen. @kimbakit in @FinancialTimes report on IPAC calls for #SolidarityWithAustralia by buying Australian wine.
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex comments on P.R. China's misinformation and false promises in Central and Eastern Europe.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani calls for Magnitsky sanctions to be used against perpetrators of human rights abuses in Xinjiang's Uyghur region. twitter.com/Nus_Ghani/stat…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 member and Chair of the EU's Delegation to P.R. China @bueti demands an end to threats against parliamentarians visiting Taiwan.
The letter addresses the Chinese Ambassador and expresses solidarity with the upcoming Czech delegation to Taiwan.
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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 advisors @Anne_MarieBrady and @AMFChina face threats and harassment after exposing the extent of Chinese Communist Party attempts to influence academic debates abroad.
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenatorMenendez @SenRubioPress @RepGallagher @Malinowski sign cross-party statement raising concerns around links between #Mulan and government bodies responsible for human rights abuses in #Xinjiang.
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#BREAKING #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz releases report revealing widespread forced labour within the Xinjiang cotton industry.
Hundreds of thousands of Uyghur labourers in Xinjiang are being forced to pick cotton by hand through a coercive state-mandated labour transfer scheme. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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"All of Hong Kong's pro-democracy leaders are either in jail, in exile or on trail."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL calls for the UK government to implement sanctions against Chinese government officials responsible for the mass arrests of Hong Kong opposition leaders.
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"The Myanmar coup is more proof that democracy is under threat"
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers and @nathanlawkc link the coup in Myanmar to the Chinese government's crushing of democracy in Hong Kong.
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Australia's top spy agency has begun investigating revelations that Chinese Communist Party members have been working in Australia’s consulate in Shanghai for years | The Australian
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"While handcuffs can restrain the body, they cannot control the heart or mind."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for Apple Daily.
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Canadian parliamentary committee calls China’s mistreatment of Uyghurs ‘genocide,’ urges Ottawa to sanction Beijing officials | @globeandmail
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