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Joseph Wu heading to central Europe to bolster ties | Taipei Times
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will speak at the #IPACRome #G20 meeting in virtual address.
#StandTogether 🇹🇼
taipeitimes.com/News/front/arc…
1502
Supreme Court decision to allow extradition to China causes global concern | Stuff NZ
#IPAC New Zealand co-chairs Simon O'Connor MP and Louisa Wall MP have warned that the case could set a precedent for politically motivated extraditions to China.
stuff.co.nz/national/china…
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Australia could join international sanctions against the Chinese government if it helps arm Russia | The Guardian
Concerns grow after Russia reported to have requested military and economic support from the Chinese government.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
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#IPAC 🇺🇸 member @RepYoungKim leads bi-partisan 'DICTATOR' Act to expose PRC support for Putin.
The act would require the US government to investigate how the Chinese government and its affiliates are helping Russia evade sanctions for Ukraine invasion.
youngkim.house.gov/media/press-re…
1506
#IPAC member @ShabanaMahmood MP accuses the Government of "rank hypocrisy" on its policy towards genocide determination.
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Communication to Hong Kong authorities from UN Human Rights expert confirms that:
👮♂️NSL is in violation of Hong Kong's commitments under the ICCPR
🇨🇳 NSL cases considered in mainland China must still have ICCPR rights guaranteed.
🔗spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…
1508
IPAC expresses solidarity with @vaiciukeviciute, Lithuanian Vice-Minister, following the imposition of wholly unjustified sanctions by the PRC.
Countries must be free to determine their own relations with Taiwan, free from PRC intimidation.
lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…
1509
Pleased to announce @MarkWarner @hildevautmans @Ladaktusson @EnginEroglu_FW @rglucks1 @ViolavonCramon as new #IPAC members.
#StandTogether
ipac.global/team
1510
"Isn't it time to impose Magnitsky sanctions?"
#IPAC Co-Chair Baroness Helena Kennedy calls on the UK to act on Chinese and Hong Kong government officials responsible for "grave and repeated breaches of the Sino-British Joint Declaration."
1511
#BREAKING: #IPAC calls on Ukraine 🇺🇦 President @ZelenskyyUa to block the deportation of Kazakh asylum seeker Yilisen Aierken (Аєркен Їлісен).
Those forcibly returned to the PRC are at severe risk of persecution, arbitrary detention and torture.
#DoNotExtradite #DoNotDeport
1512
EU starts work on rival to China’s Belt and Road Initiative | Politico
politico.eu/article/eu-sta…
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France probes fashion retailers for concealing 'crimes against humanity' in Xinjiang | Reuters
Four major international fashion brands alleged to use Xinjiang supply chains tainted by Uyghur forced labour.
reuters.com/world/china/fr…
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Why new Bill makes Colombo Port City a ‘Chinese Province’ in Sri Lanka | ORF
A leading Belt and Road Initiative project requires the Sri Lankan parliament to cede governance of the Colombo Port City Special Economic Zone to an unelected body.
orfonline.org/expert-speak/w…
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Bi-partisan resolution led by #IPAC 🇺🇸 member @RepYoungKim calls for Taiwan to take observer status in the @WHO and World Health Assembly.
The resolution has been supported by more than 100 members of the House.
#LetTaiwanHelp twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/st…
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British, Lithuanian MPs: Defending Ukraine is defending Taiwan | CNA News
#IPAC 🇱🇹🇬🇧members @DSakaliene @ZygisPavilionis @MPIainDS @DavidAltonHL @GeraintDaviesMP call for stronger committment to Taiwan in face of rising threats from Beijing.
cna.com.tw/news/aall/2022…
1519
“This is despite repeated Chinese state-backed cyber-attacks on UK targets and attempts by Chinese government agents to intimidate and threaten UK residents"
#IPAC comment on UK failure to include the Chinese government on list of "hostile" state actors.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/m…
1520
Chinese official seeks Interpol role, sparking fears for dissidents | Guardian
“Allowing Interpol to be used as a vehicle for the PRC government’s repressive policies does great harm to its international standing.”
Coverage of letter from 50 #IPAC MPs.
theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
1521
VOTE RESULT: Government compromise amendment narrowly wins by 318 to 303 votes, defeating the #GenocideAmendment.
#IPAC UK members have vowed to continue working on the Genocide Amendment in the House of Lords.
Read our full press statement here: ipac.global/uk-government-… twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
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#IPAC🇬🇧members @HelenaKennedyQC @DavidAltonHL sponsor all-party amendment to Health and Care Bill to stop the #NHS from procuring from areas at serious risk of Genocide.
The UK's PPE supply chains have been linked to forced labour abuses in the #Uyghur Region.
#UnmaskGenocide
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#IPAC member @natalieben calls for the UK government to act on HSBC and other UK linked firms which "unconditionally back the illegal behaviour of the Chinese government" in Hong Kong.
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