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Ministers urged to confront ambassador over journalist driven out of China | The Times
Featuring comment from #IPAC 🇮🇪 co-chair Senator @malcolmbyrne
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#IPAC members in action again today in the @HouseofCommons while @Huawei is discussed. Clear desire in all parties to #ReduceStrategicDependency on China.
Also encouraging to hear so many members clearly distinguish between the Chinese people and the Chinese Communist Party.
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.@MargareteBause and representatives from the @UyghurCongress and @GfbV also spoke, showing solidarity with all oppressed groups in China.
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Taiwan thanks global parliamentary alliance for support amid Chinese threat | Asia News International
Coverage of #IPAC campaign for solidarity with Lithuania and Taiwan following coercive diplomacy from Beijing.
aninews.in/news/world/asi…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 co-chair @MiriamMLex leads letter to EU leaders calling for solidarity with Lithuania as it withstands pressure from Beijing.
"failing to respond to the PRC's actions would embolden it to engage in further coercion against Lithuania or any other EU member state" twitter.com/MiriamMLex/sta…
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“If you don't stand up for democracy when it is threatened in other countries, eventually all democracies will lose”
@ChairOlek on #IPAC22DC in @joshrogin piece for the Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
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Former Winter Olympian Steven Bradbury calls for Australia to announce diplomatic boycott of #Beijing2022 Games | The Australian
#IPAC 🇦🇺 co-chairs @kimbakit
@SenPaterson cite credible cases of Genocide and crimes against humanity in the Uyghur Region.
theaustralian.com.au/sport/cricket/…
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China’s persecution of Peng Shuai is shocking, but Hong Kongers aren’t surprised | City AM
Growing momentum behind @DamianGreen amendment to extend UK #BNO visa offer to Hong Kongers born after 1997 handover.
@hk_watch
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Notre co-président pour la 🇫🇷France @AndreGattolin parle à @Valeurs de nos dernières initiatives et de la réponse européenne à l'offensive chinoise, à lire ici ⬇️ valeursactuelles.com/clubvaleurs/mo… #HongKong #Ouïghours #Huawei
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP and @Billbrowder drive efforts to build New Zealand's 'Magnitsky' human rights sanctions regime.
Wall: democratic countries increasingly "all on the same page" on targeting human rights abusers.
newsroom.co.nz/absurd-for-nz-…
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"The elected House has spoken and chose to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our international allies, the Uighur people, and all those who have been sanctioned."
#IPAC member @Nus_Ghani after UK Parliament declares persecution of Uyghurs to be a genocide.
news.sky.com/story/house-of…
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Report: UN Body assists China to expand its global policing, refuses to release secret agreement.
@SafeguardDefend
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Taiwan, Canada to start talks on investment agreement | Reuters
Taiwan and Canada investment protection deal could boost ties in the face of growing pressure from Beijing.
reuters.com/world/taiwan-c…
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China state TV channel CGTN enlists UK student influencers | The Times
China’s state TV station offers UK students chance to win thousands of pounds by becoming pro-Beijing social media influencers.
Featuring comment from #IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS.
thetimes.co.uk/article/china-…
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Martina Navratilova says Tennis Australia is ‘capitulating’ to Chinese government over Peng Shuai | The Guardian
Former world No 1 labels Australian Open organisers ‘weak’ for decision to stop fans wearing t-shirts displaying ‘Where is Peng Shuai?'
theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan…
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#IPAC 🇮🇹 co-chair Senator @LucioMalan gives address to the Taiwan National Day Celebration at the Taiwan Representative Office in Rome. twitter.com/TaiwanInItalia…
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair Hon. @IrwinCotler labels IPAC a "game changer" in slowing the Chinese government's growing economic and political influence globally, calls for inter-governmental alliance to mirror IPAC.
voanews.com/usa/us-allies-…
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Radio Taiwan International interview with #IPAC 🇱🇹 co-chair @DSakaliene on global support for Lithuania and Taiwan amidst increased pressure from Beijing.
youtube.com/watch?v=rFHzpz…
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Two Hong Kong universities remove Tiananmen artworks after Pillar of Shame dismantled | The Guardian
CUHK’s Goddess of Democracy and a sculpture at Lingnan University were removed overnight as authorities move to erase memorials to the massacre.
theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…
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Lithuania’s foreign minister calls on EU to stand up to Beijing | Financial Times
Chinese government trade coercion against Lithuania a 'test' for EU's commitment to single market.
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"23 years later, and Beijing has chosen 1 July to enact a constitutional coup" @Johnny_HKWatch in the @spectator
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#IPAC 🇫🇷 co-chair Senator @AndreGattolin appointed to lead parliamentary investigation into the influence of non-state actors in French universities.
The fact finding mission will examine the role of Chinese state sponsored Confucius Institutes.
senat.fr/presse/cp20210…
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📢Press Release: EU lawmakers slam new air cargo route to Xinjiang 'forced labour capital'.
#IPAC 🇪🇺 members @SamuelCogolati MP 🇧🇪 and @bueti MEP 🇩🇪 lead calls for import bans on goods made with forced labour as direct flight connects Europe to Xinjiang.
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