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Cross-party parliamentary association on human rights diplomacy led by #IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. @ShioriYamao and Rep. Gen Nakatani launches English website, link below 👇👇
@JinkenGaikou @Japan_pac twitter.com/JinkenGaikou/s…
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News from Japan! #IPAC Co-Chairs @ShioriYamao and Gen Nakatani announce the satellite group #JPAC - looking forward to other regions of #IPAC following their lead. #StandTogether twitter.com/ShioriYamao/st…
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Full report and statement available here:
ipac.global/prevalence-of-…
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#IPAC 🇳🇿 Co-Chair Louisa Wall MP leads cross party calls for New Zealand to take a stronger stance on the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghurs and Falun Gong practitioners.
Wall raised concerns of forced organ harvesting from political prisoners.
rnz.co.nz/news/political…
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UK judges quit Hong Kong court over security law | The Times
The resignation announcement came just before a Westminster Hall debate on the role of British judges in Hong Kong, which had been organised by #IPAC members @Siobhain_Mc and @MPIainDS.
thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-jud…
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The UK must stop purchasing healthcare equipment from states accused of genocide | Politics Home
#IPAC members @HelenaKennedyQC @DavidAltonHL
join all party amendment to block procurement of goods from regions at serious risk of Genocide.
#UnmaskGenocide
politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
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@Jacob_Rees_Mogg @MPIainDS Full story: UK government says no plans for Ministers to attend Beijing Winter Olympics
ipac.global/uk-government-…
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#IPAC 🇪🇺 MEP @fxbellamy praises the courage of journalists at Hong Kong newspaper #AppleDaily, forced to close after being targeted under the National Security Law.
"The Chinese Communist Party is methodically dismantling any democratic opposition to its totalitarian project."
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Czech Senate passes resolution backing Taiwan's participation in WHO | Focus Taiwan
Coverage of motion led by #IPAC 🇨🇿 Co-Chair Senator @PavelFischer.
focustaiwan.tw/politics/20210…
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📢BREAKING: #IPAC statement on the 23rd EU-China Summit 🇪🇺🇨🇳 signed by EU legislators.
IPAC calls on @eucopresident @vonderleyen @JosepBorrellF to make clear to PRC counterparts that its purported neutrality on #Ukraine gives Putin a carte blanche to escalate his barbaric acts.
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#IPAC 🇸🇪 @JoarForssell speaks to Sverige Radio on the need for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
sverigesradio.se/artikel/diplom…
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#IPAC adviser @AkiraIgata speaks to Asahi TV, warning that over-reliance on China for critically important goods could leave countries vulnerable to the Chinese government's coercive diplomacy.
Full interview 👇 twitter.com/hst_tvasahi/st…
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U.S. lawmakers push to rename Taiwan's de facto embassy in Washington | Reuters
#IPAC 🇺🇸 co-chairs @SenatorMenendez and @SenRubioPress lead bi-partisan bill to rename Taiwan's diplomatic mission in Washington as the "Taiwan Representative Office."
reuters.com/world/china/us…
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#BREAKING: #IPAC parliamentarians representing 13 legislatures call on Saudi Arabia to stop the forcible return of Uyghurs Nurmemet Rozi and Hemdullah Abduweli to China.
If forcibly returned, they could face torture and arbitrary detention.
@KSAMOFA @KSAmofaEN @SaudiEmbassyUK
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Signatories of the joint letter:
@MPIainDS
Baroness Kennedy
Lord Alton
@RhonddaBryant
@natalieben
@amcarmichaelMP
@JudithCummins
@DavidDavisMP
@Nus_Ghani
@DamianGreen
@imranahmadkhan
@timloughton
Craig Mackinlay MP
@IoWBobSeely
@AndrewSelous
@stephenctimms
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Sanctioned #IPAC members @DavidAltonHL @MPIainDS @Nus_Ghani @timloughton
and Baroness Kennedy issued the following statement:
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UK should push companies to boycott Beijing Olympics over labour abuses, MPs say | Politico
#IPAC co-ordinator @lukedepulford: UK lacks import controls to prevent goods from the Uyghur region entering the market.
politico.eu/article/uk-sho…
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Parliament's 'odd couple' on China | Newsroom
Interview with #IPAC 🇳🇿 co-chairs Louisa Wall MP and Simon O'Connor MP on cross-party efforts in the New Zealand parliament to build New Zealand's Magnitsky human rights sanctions regime.
newsroom.co.nz/pro/parliament…
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#IPAC 🇬🇧 members set to feature in three key debates in the Commons today:
1⃣ Urgent Question on Chinese takeover of UK semiconductor manufacturer
2⃣ Presentation of @timloughton MP's Tibet Reciprocal Access Bill
3⃣ Motion for a diplomatic boycott of the #Beijing2022 Olympics
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Beijing Winter Olympics sponsors pressured over China’s ‘appalling human rights record’ | Financial Times
Coverage of calls from #IPAC 🇺🇸 members @RepMalinowski @RepGallagher to relocate the #Beijing2022 Olympics in light of severe human rights abuses.
ft.com/content/2f0bff…
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UN rights chief’s visit to China will be held in ‘closed loop’, Beijing says | The Guardian
Coverage of warnings from 40 #IPAC members that the Chinese government could use COVID restrictions to prevent meaningful access to the Uyghur Region.
theguardian.com/world/2022/may…
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Biden administration to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics, report says | The Independent
#IPAC is calling on governments to decline invitations to attend #Beijing2022 in light of abuses in the Uyghur Region and Hong Kong.
#NoRightsNoShow
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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