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Excellent report from @Gabriel_Pogrund suggesting that the UK may SUSPEND its extradition treaty with #HongKong this week. Thank you to #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS for tabling an amendment to the Extradition Bill last week and to @SarahChampionMP for supporting.
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Agnes Chow: activist leaves jail as China says Hong Kong ‘pawn in geopolitics’ | The Guardian
Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow has been released from jail after serving more than six months for taking part in peaceful protests in 2019.
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Man 'forced' to inform on fellow Uighurs for China is shot in Turkey.
The incident reveals the scale of Chinese government attempts to monitor and threaten Uyghur refugees internationally.
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Parliamentary committee led by #IPAC 🇦🇺 members Sen. @kimbakit and @SenatorAbetz receive testimony from Australia's Uyghur community, hearing evidence of “intimidation and harassment” from the Chinese government.
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"No religion is immune: Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and others have all been targeted."
#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp writes on the Chinese Communist Party's repression of religious freedoms.
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Propaganda made in China. Italy at a crossroads | Formiche
@LauraHarth uncovers deep links between Italian news outlets and Chinese Communist Party controlled state media.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani: UK businesses "must wake up" to China's Uighur cotton slaves.
Further coverage of #IPAC advisor @adrianzenz report on forced labour in the Xinjiang cotton industry.
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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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Great to see #IPAC 🇯🇵 members @ShioriYamao @yamazogaikuzo and Rep. Nakatani forming plans for a group of parliamentarians to observe Hong Kong elections.
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Over 20 #IPAC 🇬🇧 members among 100 MPs and peers urging UK PM @BorisJohnson to impose sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for the crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy campaigners.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 calls for a Japanese Magnitsky Act to enable sanctions on officials responsible for Uyghur forced labour and other human rights abuses in China.
Featuring comment from IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata.
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Coverage of #IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda's press conference yesterday with Uyghur survivors of Xinjiang's prison camps.
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#IPAC members from five parties joined with @nathanlawkc in presenting a letter to Italian Foreign Minister Di Maio demanding China be held accountable for actions in Hong Kong.
In response, Di Maio publicly re-affirmed Italy's commitment to Hong Kong's autonomy.
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US senators seek to declare Uighur 'genocide’ by China in bipartisan push | the Guardian
Coverage of resolution co-sponsored by #IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenatorMenendez and @SenRubioPress.
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German minister encourages companies to move supply chains away from China, citing concerns of strategic dependency.
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member Andrew Hastie MP leads parliamentary inquiry investigating foreign interference in Australian universities.
Concerns around the pressure put on academic freedoms by the Chinese government are expected to feature prominently.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs questioned @HSBC representatives over the bank's freezing of accounts belonging to Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.
IPAC member @IoWBobSeely MP to HSBC: "Do you understand the difference between being ethical and being legal?"
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First Beijing threatens #IPAC advisers @adrianzenz and @ASPI_org with legal action, now they sanction #IPAC Co-Chair @marcorubio
Efforts to intimidate #IPAC will fail, as will efforts to distract from the atrocities of Xinjiang. ft.com/content/4674a6…
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Firms complicit with the gross abuse and invasive surveillance of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang should have no place in the European Parliament.
Letter signed by #IPAC 🇪🇺 MEPs @MiriamMLex @bueti @AnnaFotyga_PE @ViolavonCramon to @EP_President on #hikvision. twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chairs Sen. @rampi and Sen. @LucioMalan join a cross party urgent appeal to the Italian government.
The parliamentarians called for the prioritisation of arrested Hong Kong activists and expelled lawmakers in bilateral and multilateral relations with China. twitter.com/GlobalCRL/stat…
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#IPAC 🇦🇺 member @kevinandrewsmp calls for Australia to adopt Magnitsky human rights sanctions legislation and to scrap Victoria State's involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative.
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There must be no extradition to #HongKong
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