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EU should not rush investment deal with China | EU Observer.
"From Beijing's perspective, having the EU sign an investment treaty ... amounts to a strong endorsement of its political trajectory, if not an encouragement to behave more assertively."
euobserver.com/opinion/150432
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BREAKING: Netherlands joins #IPAC with Co-Chairs @ArneWeverling and @Martijncda
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Beijing has done irreparable damage to Hong Kong after freezing Lai's assets | CityAM
"The presumption of innocence undergirds Hong Kong’s legal system. The decision to take the assets of a man who has yet to be tried is a blow to the city’s rule of law"
cityam.com/beijing-has-do…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez lead the reintroduction of the bi-partisan Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act.
This legislation seeks to ensure Hong Kong protestors at risk of persecution are eligible for Priority 2 Refugee status.
rubio.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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12 Japan firms will kill business deals involving Uyghur forced labour | Kyodo News
english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/02/b…
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"On Hong Kong, China is behaving like a bully. And bullies only understand words when they are followed by action."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @LaylaMoran MP secures Urgent Question on Hong Kong in the UK Parliament, calls for sanctions on Carrie Lam and Xia Baolong.
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Hong Kong activists plead guilty but say ‘history will absolve us’ | Guardian theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair Sen. @marcorubio spearheads bi-partisan efforts to require the US Secretary of State to make a determination on whether the Chinese government's persecution of #Uyghurs and other groups in Xinjiang constitutes genocide.
Full text: docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
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China breaching every article in genocide convention, says legal report on Uighurs | The Guardian
theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
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Cross party Italian parliamentarians stand in solidarity with Hong Kong's pan democratic legislators and demand government action to hold China to account.
Signed by #IPAC 🇮🇹 members @rampi @LucioMalan @bobogiac @PaoloFormentin1 @EnricoBorghi1
globalcommitteefortheruleoflaw.org/joint-declarat…
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#BREAKING: 18 #IPAC co-chairs urge foreign ministers to issue statements in support of Australia against China's attempts at bullying and coercion.
Those petitioned include Canada, Czechia, Denmark, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK.
smh.com.au/world/europe/i…
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"How can we sign an agreement with China, when it has blatantly violated the Sino-British Joint Declaration guaranteeing the preservation of Hong Kong's rights and freedoms?"
#IPAC 🇮🇹 Co-Chair @LucioMalan writes on the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
formiche.net/2021/04/lucio-…
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China scholars rally in support of #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady, who has faced threats and harassment after revealing links between New Zealand universities and Chinese military institutions.
rfa.org/english/news/c…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez introduce a bi-partisan resolution to designate abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang as genocide.
The resolution demands China be held accountable under the UN Genocide Convention.
Full text below 👇
rubio.senate.gov/public/index.c…
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Chinese Government encourages citizens to report critics via new 'snitch hotline' ahead of 100th birthday | The Telegraph
People told to watch out for anyone who defames the ruling Communist Party or its leaders.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/1…
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#IPAC advisors @AMFChina @MareikeOhlberg lead over 100 experts and academics in opposing the EU-China #CAI investment deal.
The statement claims CAI "entrenches Europe's existing strategic dependency on China and runs counter to Europe's core values."
spiegel.de/international/…
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UK government enacts #IPAC 🇬🇧 recommendations on imports linked to Xinjiang forced labour supply chains, but fails to address calls for High Court genocide determination judgements backed by #NoGenocideTrade campaign.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: HSBC "behaved in a disreputable and appalling way in freezing the accounts of an individual fleeing for justice".
Coverage of IPAC members addressing UK parliament to condemn @HSBC for freezing Hong Kong activist's finances.
fnlondon.com/articles/uk-vo…
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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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#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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BREAKING: A new report from @ASPI_ICPC reveals the extent of China's "coercive diplomacy" as Beijing's global ambitions grow.
The report documents 152 cases of coercive diplomacy, affecting 27 countries over the past 10 years.
aspi.org.au/report/chinese…
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Great to see @thetimes supporting our call for #NoExtradition to Hong Kong:
"The treaty reflected confidence that the rule of law held sway and anyone facing charges could be sure of a fair trial. Those conditions are no longer assured."
thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…
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"I've been sanctioned by China – but that won't stop me speaking out over Xinjiang."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy writes after being targeted by the Chinese government for speaking out on Uyghur and Hong Kong abuses.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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