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"If the Chinese government has got nothing to hide in Xinjiang, what has it got to fear from the free press?"
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @YasminQureshiMP on the #BBC China ban, full comment below 👇
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Biden to warn US companies of risks of operating in Hong Kong | Financial Times
Chinese government access to data and threats against foreign companies complying with human rights sanctions on Chinese officials among risks of operating in Hong Kong.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chair Rep. Gen Nakatani: US and EU sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for Uyghur abuses puts pressure on Japan to act.
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Companies criticize China's alleged treatment of Uyghur Muslims | CBS News
Featuring comment from #IPAC adviser @AkiraIgata on growing calls for Japan to develop a Magnitsky style targeted human rights sanctions regime.
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Hong Kong protest leader Ernie Chow ‘ordered to spy for Beijing’ | The Times
A former Hong Kong student protest leader has fled to Canada after claiming that he was pressured to spy on members of the territory’s pro-democracy movement for Beijing.
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#IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP leads a resolution in the Lithuanian Parliament condemning systemic torture and sexual abuse in Xinjiang's prison camps.
The resolution also calls for international investigations into alleged genocide against Uyghurs.
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#IPAC adviser @benedictrogers on the disqualifications of legitimately nominated democratic candidates in Hong Kong, and IPAC's call for a proportionate response from the international community. #StandTogether
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BREAKING: #IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP write to PM @jacindaardern and FM @NanaiaMahuta calling for New Zealand to introduce a Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions regime.
Failure to do so risks NZ being a "safe haven" for perpetrators of abuses.
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EU ambassadors OK human rights sanctions on China | Politico
#IPAC 🇪🇺 members have repeatedly called for the EU 'Magntisky' act to be used against Chinese officials perpetrating abuses on #Uyghurs.
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“The decision to ban the BBC from airing in China is yet another example of the intolerance that the Chinese government has towards those who reveal the truth about its authoritarian rule.”
Comment from #IPAC 🇬🇧 member @YasminQureshiMP on China's BBC ban.
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Hong Kong’s Citizen News to close, amid fears for staff’s safety | Al Jazeera
Independent online outlet to close on Tuesday, citing fears for its staff and an increasingly hostile media environment.
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Hong Kong's largest teachers' union to disband following pressure from gov't and Chinese state media | Hong Kong Free Press
The union represented over 90% of teachers in the city.
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🇪🇺 MEPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution slamming the Chinese government's crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong.
The resolution calls for the EU to provide lifeboat schemes for fleeing Hong Kongers and to sanction officials responsible for the crackdown. twitter.com/EnginEroglu_FW…
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En réponse au courrier que les co-présidents 🇫🇷 #IPAC lui avaient adressé, @JY_LeDrian rappelle que les intimidations à l'encontre de l'Australie soulignent la nécessité d'assurer «un meilleur encadrement des pratiques commerciales déloyales» de la 🇨🇳
@iflorennes92 @AndreGattolin
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7 Hong Kong democrats jailed over unauthorised assembly in Oct 2019 | Hong Kong Free Press
Seven pro-democracy figures each sentenced to at least 11 months in prison over charges linked to a peaceful demonstration in October, 2019.
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"We cannot rely on the Chinese government to be the gatekeeper for our critical supply chains."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS urges the UK to lead with democratic allies in reducing strategic dependency on China, in response to the #IntegratedReview.
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#IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani present IPAC statement on reports of systemic torture and sexual abuse in Xinjiang prison camps to Rep. Minoru Kihara, National Security Assistant to the Prime Minister. twitter.com/Japan_pac/stat…
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Led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 Co-Chairs @LucioMalan & @rampi Italian MPs & MEPs strongly denounce Chinese sanctions imposed on colleagues.
“Intimidating measures hold no place in a global rule-of-law based order. We will not be silenced and stand firmly with our colleagues for human rights.”
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#BREAKING 🚨
50 #IPAC legislators call on governments to oppose senior PRC official Hu Binchen's #INTERPOL Executive Committee election bid.
Beijing's abuse of INTERPOL puts thousands of Uyghurs, Hong Kongers and activists at risk globally.
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