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Global legislators urge support for Lithuania, Taiwan amid China pressure | Focus Taiwan
Featuring comment from #IPAC co-chairs @DSakaliene 🇱🇹 @IsaLann1 🇸🇪 @AndreGattolin 🇫🇷.
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Canada to ban Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks | BBC
The moves against the two Chinese military linked tech companies are designed to protect the safety and security of Canada's critical infrastructure.
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UK has a "moral obligation" to the young Hong Kong citizens who are currently excluded from the BNO visa scheme.
#IPAC 🇬🇧 Member @DamianGreen on amendment which would rationalise BNO visa offer to include those born after the 1997 handover.
@hk_watch
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Coverage of #IPAC campaign for @HSBC to release assets of Ted Hui and other Hong Kong activists charged under the city's National Security Law.
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BREAKING: UK House of Commons unanimously passes #IPAC member @Nus_Ghani motion calling on the UK government to make an urgent assessment on whether Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
The motion asks for the government to publish the report within 2 months.
Debate highlights👇 twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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IPAC Weekly Newsletter | 01 October 2021
Debt trap diplomacy exposed — UK pushes out China nuclear — Belgian MPs under pressure from Beijing
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International alliance of legislators kicks off campaign to include Taiwan in WHA | Taiwan News
#IPAC Co-Chair @MPIainDS "At a time when the world should be uniting to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, it makes no sense to exclude Taiwan from the WHA"
taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4189100
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UK government rips up solar contract linked to Uyghur slavery | The Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton calls for bans on imports of goods made with Uyghur forced labour after multimillion pound solar contract linked to Xinjiang abuses.
thetimes.co.uk/article/domini…
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#IPAC co-chair @MPIainDS secures debate in UK Parliament after Chinese govt. coerces family of Uyghurs giving evidence to the #UyghurTribunal to appear at a press conference.
@MPIainDS called for the UK govt. to give evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal and examine its findings.
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NATO summit: leaders declare China presents security risk | The Guardian
Communique says the Chinese government's “stated ambitions and assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order”.
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#IPAC 🇨🇦 co-chair @GarnettGenuis calls for revival of special parliamentary committee on Canada-China relations to examine Chinese government threats against Taiwan and Indo-Pacific countries.
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Bristling against the West, China rallies domestic sympathy for Russia | The New York Times
"China’s Communist Party is mounting an ideological campaign aimed at officials and students. The message: The country will not turn its back on Russia."
nytimes.com/2022/04/04/wor…
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#IPAC members @MPIainDS @Afzal4Gorton @DavidAltonHL hear testimony from protester beaten by PRC Consulate staff in Manchester, at a press conference hosted by #IPAC and @hk_watch.
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We call on our governments to take urgent action to hold Beijing to account for its abuses against the people of Hong Kong and violations of international law.
Democratic countries must act decisively to defend the norms and values of the international rules based order. [2/2]
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#IPAC member @AlynSmith MP urges the government to respond to China's breach of international law in Hong Kong by conducting an audit of Chinese investment in the UK's physical infrastructure and to review the role of Confucius Institutes in UK universities.
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A “catastrophic attack on the separation of powers”.
See IPAC’s statement on the NPC’s interpretation of the Hong Kong National Security Law.
⚖️ Foreign judges must leave
📜Remaining extradition treaties must be revoked
🚫Those responsible must face sanctions.
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📢#IPAC is hiring!
✊Hong Kong Campaigns Coordinator
💻Responsibility for advocacy, research and communications
🌏Flexible location
More information and how to apply 👇
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The Chinese government issued sanctions on prominent #IPAC 🇪🇺 members @bueti @MiriamMLex @SamuelCogolati and @DSakaliene for playing their role in highlighting the abuse of Uyghurs, a move seen as pivotal in the EU's decision to suspend #CAI ratification.
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UK judges resign as Hong Kong legal experts says staying on may be seen as supporting crackdown | VOA
#IPAC 🇬🇧 member @Afzal4Gorton: British judges served as "window dressing" for brutal crackdown on all forms of political opposition in Hong Kong.
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In March, the EU implemented its human rights sanctions regime against Chinese officials responsible for abuses in Xinjiang, in a major victory for #IPAC politicians.
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U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang | BBC
Legislation led by #IPAC 🇺🇸 members @SenJeffMerkley and @SenRubioPress would force all producers to prove Xinjiang supply chains are free from Uyghur forced labour.
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U.S. lawmakers call for U.N. Uyghur rights report before Beijing Olympics | Reuters
#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @MarkWarner leads calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to publish long awaited report on abuses in the Uyghur Region before the #Beijing2022 Games.
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Push for Japan to adopt human rights centred diplomacy | Mainichi
Coverage of #IPAC calls for a tougher response to the Chinese government's abuses in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Featuring @ShioriYamao @SujeetKOfficial @MPIainDS @AkiraIgata
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