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British lawmaker urges free world to support Taiwan | Taipei Times
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS calls on democratic states to to “categorically” support Taiwan and Lithuania in response to Chinese government bullying.
taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar…
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"Today's vote must mark a turning point. No one can still deny the scale of the abuses taking place in the Xinjiang region"
#IPAC member @YasminQureshiMP speaks after UK Parliament declares the Chinese government is committing a genocide against Uyghurs.
edition.cnn.com/2021/04/22/wor…
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Foreign Judges Are Enabling Hong Kong’s Legal Crackdown | The Diplomat
A Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker is in jail because of a court ruling endorsed by a U.K. judge.
thediplomat.com/2022/02/foreig…
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"parliamentarians from across the globe are realising that what happens to Taiwan matters to all of us."
#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chair Louisa Wall MP writes in the Sunday Guardian backing Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly.
#LetTaiwanHelp #WHA
sundayguardianlive.com/news/admit-tai…
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Olympic Committee accused of being ‘complicit in Peng’s coercion’ | WA Today
Analysts say IOC risks "actively playing a role in the Chinese government’s enforced disappearance, coercion and propaganda machinery.”
watoday.com.au/world/asia/int…
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Winter Olympics: Beijing furious following calls for boycott | RFI
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics and coordinated action across 11 parliaments.
Featuring interview with IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @EnginEroglu_FW.
rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/fr…
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China’s Eastern Europe strategy gets the cold shoulder | Politico
politico.eu/article/china-…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL pledges to continue struggle for the #GenocideAmendment in the House of Lords, aiming to give UK courts the powers to consider genocide cases.
Full story 👇smh.com.au/world/europe/b…
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Amazon suppliers linked to forced labour in China, watchdog group says | NBC News
Electronics firms using Xinjiang's state-backed coercive labour transfer schemes supply the Amazon Basics range and other own branded goods.
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
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"The world must view these policies in their totality, as amounting to an intent to destroy the Uyghurs as a group, in whole or in part"
#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @IrwinCotler calls for states to investigate Genocide claims while international courts are blocked.
project-syndicate.org/commentary/evi…
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Uygur man awaits Morocco ruling as China seeks extradition after Interpol snub | SCMP
Coverage of #IPAC calls on the Moroccan government to block the extradition of Uyghur activist Idris Hassan to China.
scmp.com/news/china/dip… via @SCMPNews
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenatorMenendez leads bi-partisan legislation to assist Taiwan 🇹🇼 in obtaining observer status at the World Health Assembly, a move which Beijing has repeatedly blocked.
menendez.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
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The Chinese government cannot be allowed a 'free pass' at the #G20 Summit.
#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS on why parliamentarians are gathering from across the world for the #IPACRome conference this week.
spectator.co.uk/article/parlia…
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#IPAC members in 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇴🇸🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 have written to their Moroccan Embassies raising the case of Uyghur asylym seeker #IdrisHassan.
Those extradited to the PRC could face torture and arbitrary detention.
#DoNotExtradite
@Marocdiplo_EN
Coverage 👇
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
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Yesterday the Lithuanian Seimas hosted a hearing on human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, receiving testimony from #IPAC members @DSakaliene MP 🇱🇹Hon. @IrwinCotler 🇨🇦 and @bueti MEP 🇪🇺.
Watch the full proceedings here (English audio): youtube.com/watch?v=2TBSOj…
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“I don’t know if my children are dead or alive”: Uyghur parents share the anguish of being separated from their children | The Diplomat
thediplomat.com/2021/04/the-mi…
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Die EU glaubt an den Markt, China an die Waffe | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Mit dem Handschlag der EU krönt Xi Jinping zudem ein Jahr der Repression nach innen und der Aggression nach außen."
faz.net/aktuell/politi…
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Slovenia latest EU nation hit by Chinese government for backing Taiwan | The Times
Beijing has imposed trade sanctions on Slovenia over its support for Taiwan as the EU launched legal action against China after it took similar steps against Lithuania.
thetimes.co.uk/article/sloven…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @DavidAltonHL leads House of Lords debate on the Genocide of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Region.
Alton calls for sponsors to withdraw from the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics in light of the PRC government's abuses in the Uyghur Region. twitter.com/DavidAltonHL/s…
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Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter | Associated Press
"More than half the retweets [Ambassador] Liu got from June through January came from accounts that Twitter has suspended for violating the platform’s rules."
apnews.com/article/asia-p…
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Nowhere is safe: Uyghur activist faces deportation back to China after being arrested in Morocco | The Independent
"our biggest concern is what Aishan might face if he was deported back to China"
independent.co.uk/independentpre…
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“Public health is the loser when any jurisdiction is excluded from participating in the World Health Assembly”
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chair @SenPaterson backs Taiwan to participate in the upcoming @WHO summit.
#LetTaiwanHelp
#WHA
sbs.com.au/news/letting-t…
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#IPAC statement on the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong and the 2nd anniversary of the National Security Law.
25 years later, Hong Kong is no longer the city we once recognised.
Governments must act to hold the PRC accountable.
Statement: ipac.global/ipac-statement…
An international cross-party group of legislators working to reform the approach of democratic countries to China. Join us.