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"The greatest number of women that are being abused are Uyghur women by the Chinese state."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Nus_Ghani MP addresses the UK Parliament.
Foreign Sec. @DominicRaab responds by calling on the UN Human Rights Commissioner to establish a fact finding mission.
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#IPAC 🇳🇱 co-chair @Martijncda MP intervenes on the planned construction of UN data centres in China.
Van Helvert questioned the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs on what guarantees had been sought on the security and integrity of sensitive data stored.
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Hong Kong vigil leader arrested as 7,000 police enforce ban on Tiananmen anniversary protests | The Guardian
Officers mobilised to break up the once-traditional events to mark the brutal crackdown against dissent in China 32 years ago.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
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#IPAC co-chair @bueti criticises 🇪🇺🇨🇳 CAI investment deal:
"A few market access concessions weigh more than both the need to stand tall against the appalling forced labour practises in China, and the opportunity of aligning with the incoming Biden team”
politico.eu/article/eu-nea…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺🇫🇷 member @rglucks1 announces campaign for EU legislation to prevent human rights abuses in fashion supply chains, including the use of #Uyghur forced labour in #Xinjiang. twitter.com/rglucks1/statu…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 member @AnnaFotyga_PE MEP leads European Parliament support for deepening economic and political relationship with Taiwan 🇹🇼, resulting in the first reference to the "Republic of China" in an EU document. twitter.com/AnnaFotyga_PE/…
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#BREAKING: UK PM @BorisJohnson announces diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
The PM confirms no UK Ministers or officials will attend the Games, in answer to #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS.
🇬🇧 adds to major victories for #IPAC #NoRightsNoShow campaign in 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇳🇿🇱🇹.
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"China’s Xi Jinping’s pitch for moral world leadership has reached the point of surrealist absurdity."
Xi Jinping's Davos magic wears thin as China flexes its muscles | the Telegraph
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Sen. @AndreGattolin on EU-China #CAI investment deal:
"It's hard to see how these gains outweigh the blatant human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Tibet and against Taiwan, and the political cost of condoning such actions."
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4097272
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 members @MiriamMLex @bueti @ViolavonCramon lead cross-party group of MEPs concerned with increasing Chinese influence in Serbia.
The MEPs identified a lack of transparency and bypassing of European environmental standards as key issues.
emerging-europe.com/news/meps-conc…
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#BREAKING: New Zealand joins the US 🇺🇸 and Lithuania 🇱🇹 in announcing diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
Congratulations to #IPAC 🇳🇿 members Louisa Wall and Simon O'Connor for leading the campaign.
#NoRightsNoShow
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Highlights from European Parliament debate on resolution co-authored by #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW, @bueti and @MiriamMLex on Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang.
Eroglu: "What is happening in Xinjiang is a systematic nightmare".
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EU sanctions against China for the first time in 30 years | Nikkei Asia
Featuring calls from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP to bring forward sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for the dismantling of democracy in Hong Kong.
nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…
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Hong Kong activists retreat as China-style justice comes to their city | Reuters
"Over the next four days, the defendants were subjected to more than 40 hours of hearings ... Ten were taken to hospital, some suffering from physical exhaustion."
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We have been staggeringly blind to China’s rare earth dominance | the Telegraph
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Germany slams Hungary for blocking EU criticism of China on Hong Kong | Politico
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#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chairs @ElsVanHoofcdenv @SamuelCogolati led questioning of Foreign Minister @Sophie_Wilmes on EU-China #CAI investment deal.
Concerns include China's access to EU energy and telecommunications markets and China's failure to ratify ILO conventions on forced labour.
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China's hard line against Australia is a lesson for us all | Japan Times.
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata:
"China has a clear track record of engaging in economic coercion by exploiting economic dependence."
japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/1…
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#IPAC 🇨🇿 member @JanLipavsky MP joins calls to ban involvement from Chinese firms in Czech nuclear power, citing security concerns.
Full interview below 👇
irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/d…
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Lithuania mulls leaving China's 17+1 forum, expanding links with Taiwan | LRT
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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 👇
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Hong Kong police arrest former Apple Daily journalist at airport | Reuters
Hong Kong police arrested a former Apple Daily newspaper journalist on a suspected national security charge as he tried to leave the city.
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 member @guyverhofstadt MEP:
"The European Parliament will never ratify the China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment without commitments and proof that the human rights of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs & Tibetans improve."
politico.eu/article/eu-chi…
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