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.@PavelFischer and other #IPAC members secure government commitment to #NOEXTRADITION to Hong Kong from Czechia 🇨🇿
news.expats.cz/weekly-czech-n…
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China is humiliating Australia as an example to others - but the bullying won't last | #IPAC advisor @Anne_MarieBrady writes for @smh
smh.com.au/national/china…
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Hong Kong's first trial under national security law starts without jury | BBC News
"The trial without jury is seen as a landmark moment for Hong Kong's fast-changing legal traditions."
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
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BREAKING: Italy's Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously adopts a motion issuing the "strongest possible condemnation" of human rights abuses in the Uyghur region.
The motion led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 members named abuses including forced sterilization, mass internment and forced labour. twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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#IPAC statement on the treatment of Canadians Michael Spavor, Michael Kovrig and Robert Lloyd Schellenberg at the hands of the Chinese government.
Democratic countries must act urgently to establish a united front against the Chinese government’s hostage diplomacy.
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 members @MargareteBause and @GydeJ heard evidence from experts observing China's deteriorating human rights situation.
Concerns raised included mass censorship, forcible cultural assimilation and mass detention of ethnic and religious minorities.
bundestag.de/ausschuesse/a1…
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Hong Kong activists urge EU not to ratify new deal with China | The Guardian
Activists say EU should refuse to sign treaty until national security laws and election restrictions are lifted.
theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
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Hong Kong Police Force orders Israeli company @Wix to shut down 'Hong Kong Charter' website set up by exiled pro-democracy activists.
The move comes ahead of the June 4th Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary. twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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#BREAKING: US Government declares the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghur Muslims a genocide.
The move comes after sustained bi-partisan pressure from #IPAC 🇺🇸 members, led by @SenRubioPress and @SenatorMenendez.
axios.com/us-declares-ch…
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#BREAKING
Canada 🇨🇦 joins the EU 🇪🇺, the UK 🇬🇧 and the USA 🇺🇸in sanctioning Chinese officials for abuses against Uyghur Muslims.
@GarnettGenuis MP and @IrwinCotler have led #IPAC 🇨🇦 members in calling for these moves.
Announcement:
canada.ca/en/global-affa… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati MP leads a resolution calling on the Belgian Parliament to recognise Chinese state persecution of Uyghurs as a Genocide.
rtl.be/info/monde/int…
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#IPAC member @DavidAltonHL speaks to BBC News on receiving sanctions from the Chinese government for speaking out on abuses against Uyghurs.
"It is, for me, a sadness more than anything else. I love Chinese people, I love China."
Watch in full: youtube.com/watch?v=uhorvv…
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Today's Hong Kong #LegCo elections mark a sobering milestone in the dismantling of Hong Kong's democracy.
These sham elections show the fear and contempt with which the CCP views its critics.
Our governments must hold the PRC accountable for its violations of international law.
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"A national emergency doesn’t justify exposing UK consumers to slavery."
#IPAC Coordinator @lukedepulford comments on UK government purchase of PPE linked to Xinjiang Uyghur forced labour supply chains.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/…
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71st anniversary of the People’s Republic of China marked by mobilisations denouncing oppression.
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair @AndreGattolin
pledgetimes.com/71st-anniversa…
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Fantastic news: Australia SUSPENDS extradition treaty with #HongKong and launches a visa scheme to assist HK people who wish to leave. #StandTogether #IPAC
smh.com.au/world/asia/aus…
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The Telegraph: Senior staff at HSBC, Standard Chartered and Deutsche Bank are Chinese Communist Party members.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/…
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#IPAC statement on the 22nd anniversary of the persecution of the Falun Gong.
We take this solemn anniversary to remember all ethnic and religious minorities persecuted by the Chinese government.
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Detainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs | AP
A Chinese activist's account of being held at a secret detention facility in Dubai may be the first evidence that China is operating a so-called “black site” beyond its borders.
apnews.com/article/middle…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member Lord @DavidAltonHL proposes amendment to the Trade Bill which would revoke trade deals with states perpetrating genocide.
"For 70 years we have failed to recognise our wholly inadequate response [to genocide]. Tonight we have a chance to put that right."
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Congratulations to #IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Hon. @IrwinCotler, appointed Canada's first Special Envoy on Holocaust remembrance and the fight against antisemitism.
Cotler has consistently warned world leaders against ignoring reports of suspected genocide against Uyghurs in Xinjiang. twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/…
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Uyghur activists hope for genocide ruling as tribunal takes up China's actions in Xinjiang | Taiwan News
Featuring comment from #IPAC advisor @MahmutRahima.
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4008455
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Japan Must Lead Push for Independent Probe of Uyghur Human Rights Abuses | Japan Forward
japan-forward.com/editorial-japa…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Helena Kennedy urges the UK government to join the US in sanctioning Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
Baroness Kennedy called for closer coordination on 'Magnitsky' human rights sanctions between the UK, US, Canada and European Union.
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#IPAC adviser on #Uyghurs @MahmutRahima explains her frustration at the lack of international action over suspected genocidal atrocities in the her homeland.
independent.co.uk/voices/trump-c…
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