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"The Chinese Communist Party must know that the eyes of the world are on the abuses that are going on in China"
Interview with #IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair Senator @malcolmbyrne on calls for a diplomatic and corporate boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…
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US rules that China has committed genocide in its repression of Uyghurs.
The judgement comes after #IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenRubioPress led bi-partisan efforts last month requiring the US Secretary of State to make a determination on the issue.
Full story: bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed again as Tiananmen vigil banned | The Guardian
Media figure punished over peaceful pro-democracy rally as authorities again cite coronavirus restrictions to prohibit traditional Tiananmen vigil.
theguardian.com/world/2021/may…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenRubioPress and @ChrisCoons lead bi-partisan legislation expediting refugee applications from Uyghurs and other groups.
The Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act would grant Priority 2 refugee status to those fleeing Xinjiang.
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
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#BREAKING 🇺🇸 confirms diplomatic boycott of @Beijing2022 following heavy campaigning from #IPAC and partners.
We call upon other governments to follow 🇱🇹 and 🇺🇸 lead. #StandTogether
axios.com/us-china-boyco… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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Positive movement from the @GOVUK following @adrianzenz report and today's Urgent Question secured by Co-Chair @MPIainDS on forced #Uyghur labor. twitter.com/adrianzenz/sta…
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Support for #IPAC calls for 🇹🇼 to join the World Health Assembly from @taipei_times editorial.
"Given Taiwan’s experience, expertise and success in containing the pandemic, the WHA should allow the nation to participate in, and have access to, the WHO."
taipeitimes.com/News/editorial…
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Debate on #UyghurGenocide motion led by #IPAC 🇮🇹 member @PaoloFormentin1 MP postponed as political groupings continue negotiations. twitter.com/LauraHarth/sta…
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IPAC advisor @MahmutRahima speaks to ITV about human rights abuses in China with 100 days to go until the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics begin. itv.com/news/2021-10-2…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL raises concern at the takeover of the UK's largest semiconductor producer by Chinese owned firm Nexperia:
"What assessment has been made of the dependency of UK manufacturers on China for imports of critical technologies such as semiconductors?"
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"the Government is hiding behind the fiction of an imaginary judicial mechanism that will hold the CCP accountable for its genocide of the Xinjiang Uighurs."
#IPAC member @DavidAltonHL on the UK government's attempts to wreck the #GenocideAmendment to the UK Trade Bill. twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/s…
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.@Billbrowder joins IPAC co-chairs and guests to launch the global Magnitsky Campaign.
Governments around the globe are being asked to implement targeted sanction programmes against the gravest human rights abusers.
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Resolution led by #IPAC 🇫🇷 Senators @AndreGattolin @OlivierCadic @VALLINIAndre calls for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, Interpol and other forums.
The authors say the "side-lining" of 🇹🇼 harms the international community.
Text: senat.fr/leg/ppr20-493.…
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Watch #IPAC 🇨🇦 member @DavidSweetMP and IPAC advisor @benedictrogers discuss declining religious freedom in China under Xi Jinping 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=OPv-i1…
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This was followed by a demonstration in Berlin with #IPAC co-chair @MargareteBause and @nathanlawkc.
twitter.com/RadioFreeAsia/…
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EU Lawmakers Ignore China Protests, Seek Stronger Taiwan Ties | Newsweek
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti on Chinese government attempts to block report calling for deeper Taiwan-EU relations.
newsweek.com/eu-lawmakers-i…
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Aussie super funds cop heat for Chinese investments | The Australian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @kimbakit calls for firms to examine whether investments could be enabling abuses in the Uyghur Region and Hong Kong, following latest report from @hk_watch.
theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…
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Minister warns China's National Intelligence law would oblige Alibaba to handover sensitive data if demanded by the Chinese government.
E-Commerce giant Alibaba will open open a major hub in Liège airport, Belgium.
lemonde.fr/economie/artic…
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New report from @hk_watch finds UK, Canada and Australia state pension funds invest billions in firms complicit in the repression and surveillance of Uyghurs.
Alibaba, Tencent and others among firms favoured by Western pension and sovereign wealth funds.
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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BREAKING: #IPAC 🇬🇧 members call on UK PM @BorisJohnson to lead action on modern slavery in global supply chains ahead of #G7Summit.
The signatories call for the UK to blacklist firms failing to prove supply chains in the Xinjiang region are free from Uyghur forced labour.
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