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"Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s tour of Europe isn’t quite going according to plan."
#IPAC advisor @benedictrogers writes for @appledaily_hk
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"Ratification of the agreement while mounting evidence documents forced labour and other human rights abuses in Xinjiang would be a major propaganda victory for the Chinese government."
#IPAC 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 MEP @EnginEroglu_FW on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
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#IPAC member @Siobhain_Mc MP calls on UK financial regulators to exert influence on banks and financial institutions acting as a "prop" to totalitarian regimes.
McDonagh raises the case of Hong Kong pro-democrat activist @tedhuichifung, whose accounts have been frozen by @HSBC. twitter.com/Siobhain_Mc/st…
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Polish courts block the extradition of Swedish citizen Li Zhihui to China, after two years in detention.
Li's extended detention underscores the importance of #IPAC calls for democratic countries to suspend extradition treaties with Hong Kong and China.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 MPs announce intention to bring revised #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill, aiming to allow UK courts to judge genocide cases and hold China accountable for Xinjiang abuses.
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China’s “Untenable Operating Environment” for Business in Xinjiang | Human Rights Watch
The Better Cotton Initiative is the latest international group to pull out of Xinjiang amid forced labour concerns.
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We welcome the passing of the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, supported by #IPAC 🇺🇲 members.
We are calling for governments around the world to also urgently review supply chain risk profiles in light of reports of forced labor in Tibet.
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How China Is Buying Its Way Into Europe | Bloomberg
China has bought or invested in European assets amounting to at least $318 billion over the past 10 years, including critical infrastructure, resource extraction and high tech companies.
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BREAKING: Italy joins #IPAC with Co-Chairs @LucioMalan @rampi
Membership is now 104 legislators from 13 legislatures incl: @guyverhofstadt @KarinKarlsbro @ChrisCoons @GydeJ @RepGallagher @RepMalinowski @TedYoho @JoaquinCastrotx @RepGonzalez @Andrew_Adonis @LiamFox and many more
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Australia demands China apologise for posting 'repugnant' fake image | BBC
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Xinjiang: US to block some exports citing China's human rights abuses bbc.com/news/business-…
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BREAKING: Report finds crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.
A new report from @hrw finds the Chinese government has committed — and continues to commit — Crimes Against Humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim groups.
Key findings below [THREAD]
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The Czech Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs labels China's treatment of Uyghurs "inhumane", in a motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair @JanLipavsky MP.
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Global MPs’ group seeks UN probe into Xinjiang-style forced labour in Tibet | Hindustan Times
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Regrettable targeting of #IPAC’s advisors. It will not be lost on observers that this attack on @adrianzenz fails to address his actual research, which was based on publicly available government data.
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Barcelona star Griezmann cuts Huawei ties over Uighur persecution | Al Jazeera
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#BREAKING: Over 20 #IPAC 🇪🇺 members join @EnginEroglu_FW MEP in calling on the EU to offer a lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers fleeing persecution.
The signatories call on the Council and Commission to open a special visa route for Hong Kongers to work and study in Europe.
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Featuring #IPAC statement on Hong Kong arrests:
"We call on democratic countries to take immediate action at the United Nations and to consider what joint, punitive economic action can be taken to ensure the Chinese government reconsiders its actions."
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MPs push for parliamentary probe into CCP influence at Australian universities.
Led by #IPAC 🇦🇺 members @kimbakit and @SenPaterson
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ICC Uighur genocide complaint backed by parliamentarians around world | The Guardian
IPAC co-chair Baroness Kennedy: "The ICC must fully examine the allegations brought before it and make every effort to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice."
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Jewish News backs #IPAC #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill.
"If MPs do not back the amendment, it will be their legacy and their job to explain to future generations why they did not make the Government stand up with adequate strength to China"
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#BREAKING
Today the EU 🇪🇺 and the UK 🇬🇧 have announced sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for gross human rights violations against Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
This follows months of campaigning from IPAC members across the UK and the EU. (1/3)
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause MdB addresses German Chancellor Angela Merkel, highlighting that the EU-China investment deal may be concluded while forced labour in Xinjiang continues.
Bause called for any agreement to be conditional on China ratifying ILO labour standards.
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