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In windfall for Xinjiang, huge US mutual funds invest millions in its companies | SCMP
US firm Vanguard's 'ethically conscious' fund invests in Xinjiang firms participating in programmes linked with Uyghur forced labour abuses.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani launch @JinkenGaikou.
The cross party group of 76 parliamentarians looks to develop Japan's human rights diplomacy, amidst calls for a Japanese 'Magnitsky' targeted human rights sanctions regime. twitter.com/JinkenGaikou/s…
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#IPAC member @hildevautmans with a strong call to Angela Merkel to review China strategy in light of events in Hong Kong.👇 twitter.com/hildevautmans/…
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Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇩🇪 co-chair @MargareteBause:
"Systemic competition with China is about dictatorship or democracy. International institutions and the universality of human rights must be defended more resolutely than before."
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Germany frets over its corporate dependency on China | Financial Times
"Chinese commercial retaliation in Europe is rare. But the possibility has created “pre-emptive obedience” in the boardrooms and chancelleries of Europe."
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BREAKING: #IPAC Statement on evidence of widespread Uyghur forced labour in global solar supply chains.
Xinjiang produces 45% of the world’s solar-grade polysilicon.
Democratic states must act to ensure supplies of critical green technologies are untainted by these abuses.
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Interview with #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR in the Luzerner Zeitung.
Molina notes how the common desire to defend democracy and the rule of law against the Chinese Communist Party has united parliamentarians across borders and across party lines.
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"The women of the Uyghur Muslim community are being persecuted as we speak".
#IPAC 🇬🇧 @JanetDaby MP calls for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Xinjiang during an #InternationalWomensDay debate in the UK Parliament.
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Canada's Parliament passes non-binding motion calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban Huawei’s 5G within 30 days.
aljazeera.com/economy/2020/1…
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Hong Kong court jails Joshua Wong and other activists over Tiananmen rally | CNN
"That any commemoration could be held in Hong Kong was often seen as iconic of the city's autonomy from China, a litmus test for political freedoms"
edition.cnn.com/2021/05/06/asi…
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Garnett Genuis MP addresses the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.
@GarnettGenuis raised concerns of 'elite capture' and the attempts of the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department to illegitimately influence democratic processes.
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL: The UK government's attempts to build trade cooperation with China contradicts its claims that it will not pursue trade agreements with states accused of genocide.
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‘Know your place’: Beijing accuses Hong Kong press club of being ‘external force’ interfering in China’s internal affairs | Hong Kong Free Press
hongkongfp.com/2021/04/26/kno…
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#BREAKING: Belgian government officials will not be represented at the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
🇧🇪 joins 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇪🇪🇱🇹🇽🇰🇳🇿🇬🇧🇺🇸 and others in staging a diplomatic boycott of the Games.
Growing momentum in 🇪🇺 for #NoRightsNoShow. twitter.com/SamuelCogolati…
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Asahi Shimbun interviews #IPAC advisor @AkiraIgata on #JPAC 🇯🇵 bipartisan efforts to introduce a Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime for Japan.
asahi.com/articles/ASP42…
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Beijing Accelerates Campaign of Ethnic Assimilation | Wall Street Journal
wsj.com/articles/beiji…
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Yesterday #IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler gave evidence to a Parliamentary hearing on abuses against Muslim Uyghurs in #Xinjiang.
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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‘Horror and torture’: Uighur woman reveals truth about China’s genocide | Sky News Australia
Featuring an exclusive interview with #IPAC advisor @MahmutRahima.
skynews.com.au/details/_62423…
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Japan accuses Chinese military hacker over cyberattacks | The Times
A computer systems engineer working for the People’s Liberation Army accused of hacking into as many as 200 Japanese companies and organisations, including the country’s space agency.
thetimes.co.uk/article/japan-…
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Hong Kong activists accused of national security crimes could face life in jail after move to secure High Court trial | Hong Kong Free Press
47 pro-democrats charged with "subversion" for taking part in primary polls ahead of now postponed elections.
hongkongfp.com/2021/05/31/hon…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex highlights Beijing's coercive diplomacy and calls for reduction in EU's strategic dependency on P.R. China.
Full interview with @ETtodaytw: youtube.com/watch?v=bS7asr…
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Jewish leaders use Holocaust Day to decry persecution of Uighurs | the Observer
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