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#IPAC calls to reduce strategic dependency on China featuring prominently in Germany's CDU leadership election debates.
wsj.com/articles/even-… twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
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#GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill tabled by #IPAC member @DavidAltonHL defeats government in the Lords.
IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair Baroness Kennedy: the amendment will "change the ecology of law by making genocide have serious meaning in our contemporary world”.
theguardian.com/law/2021/feb/0…
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UK regulator revokes Chinese state media outlet China Global Television Network's (CGTN) license after concluding that the network is "ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party", contravening UK broadcasting law. twitter.com/Ofcom/status/1…
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Tory rebels back amendment to allow young Hong Kongers to move to UK | The Telegraph
Cross-party amendment led by #IPAC member @DamianGreen extending BNO visa offer to 18-25 year olds will be voted on next week.
@hk_watch
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“These sanctions will only serve to redouble our efforts”
#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex MEP after China hits several IPAC members with retaliatory sanctions in light of international action on Uyghur repression.
Full story 👇
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"When it comes to CAI, the EU has yet again placed trade over upholding its values and protecting human rights."
The EU’s dispute with South Korea shows why CAI is unacceptable | @hk_watch
hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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#IPAC members @Nus_Ghani 🇬🇧 and @SamuelCogolati 🇧🇪 meet to discuss efforts in the UK and Belgian parliaments to recognise the #UyghurGenocide. twitter.com/Nus_Ghani/stat…
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Pressure on Johnson to toughen stance on PRC over Peng Shuai episode | The Guardian
#IPAC 🇬🇧 Member @timloughton:
"Against this background, lending our stamp of approval to the Beijing Olympics is simply unthinkable.”
#NoRightsNoShow #WhereIsPengShuai
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Boris Johnson orders review of Beijing takeover of British tech company | SMH
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chairs @kimbakit, @SenPaterson:
“In some countries, like China, there are really no strictly private companies immune from state direction"
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"Our alliances, our partnerships, and the shared values on which they stand, and our reliability in the face of adversity are our special sauce for effective global leadership"
#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chair @SenatorMenendez to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking/…
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U.S. Will Restrict Visas For Chinese Officials Involved In Uyghur Repression, Blinken Says | Forbes
Measures will target those who harass, surveil and abduct Uyghurs and other dissidents who have fled China, following report from @SafeguardDefend.
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Taiwan's ET Today interviews #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS on how IPAC works to reform the approach of democratic states to China.
Sir Iain Duncan-Smith called for democracies to move critical supply chains away from China in light of its coercive diplomacy.
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Extradition hearing for exiled Uyghur activist detained in Morocco postponed.
#IPAC members from 16 legislatures have called on the Moroccan government to block the extradition of #IdrisHasan to China, where he could face persecution and torture. twitter.com/SafeguardDefen…
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Today #IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @bueti MEP addressed the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), calling for greater cooperation between democratic countries in response to the China challenge.
Summary of key points below 👇👇 twitter.com/bueti/status/1…
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Full story: theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
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"A regime that is allowed to commit genocide and violate international agreements with impunity is a regime that will be emboldened."
@nathanlawkc and @MahmutRahima write for The Diplomat on the #IPACRome Conference priorities ahead of the #G20.
thediplomat.com/2021/10/the-g-…
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Chinese Ambassador warns Belgian parliamentarians against criticism of Hong Kong abuses | De Morgen
#IPAC 🇧🇪 chair of Foreign Affairs Committee @ElsVanHoofcdenv warned on motion led by #IPAC co-chair @SamuelCogolati condemning HK National Security Law.
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A report from @SafeguardDefend finds tens of thousands subjected to arbitrary detention under China's "residential surveillance at a designated location" system.
Former detainees recount solitary confinement, torture and other abuses.
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
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Earlier #IPAC member @GeraintDaviesMP had urged the Foreign Secretary to implement Magnitsky sanctions on Carrie Lam and tighten capital flows to Hong Kong from the City of London in response to breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
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Switzerland dithers on the China question | SRF News
Coverage of efforts backed by #IPAC 🇨🇭 co-chair @FabianMolinaNR to insert human rights and labour rights clauses into the Switzerland-China Free Trade Agreement.
srf.ch/news/internati…
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Authoritarian regimes are using Interpol to hunt down their critics | Coda Story
An international arrest notice, designed to deter crime, is being exploited by human rights violators, including China and Russia.
codastory.com/authoritarian-…
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@HSBC @IoWBobSeely #IPAC member @RhonddaBryant MP:
"@HSBC chooses which laws to obey... quite a lot of my constituents might think you choose to adopt a moral stance when it suits you, but not when it doesn't."
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Experts discuss Lithuania-China ties as tension spikes | Asian News International
Interview with #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene MP on the Chinese government's coercive diplomacy following the opening of Taiwan's Representative Office in Vilnius.
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