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Amendment co-sponsored by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @DavidAltonHL and Baroness Kennedy aims to prevent health procurement from regions linked to suspected genocide.
If succesful, the amendment could see the UK government instructed to assess whether #Uyghurs are at risk of Genocide.
1602
#IPAC 🇸🇪 members @JoarForssell and @KerstinLundgren: Swedish government must not play a part in the Chinese government's 'propaganda machine' by attending the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
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1603
Thread of coverage of #IPAC and @hk_watch press conference with Bob Chen, the protester beaten by PRC Consulate staff in Manchester.
IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @Afzal4Gorton @DavidAltonHL
accussed the UK government of a 'totally inadequate' response.
theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
1604
Last December, #IPAC MEPs @EnginEroglu_FW @bueti and @MiriamMLex co-authored a European Parliament resolution highlighting links between widespread Uyghur forced labour.
@EnginEroglu_FW described the situation in Xinjiang as a "systematic nightmare".
twitter.com/ipacglobal/sta…
1605
"Tonight is about shining a light of hope to all those out there who have failed to get their day in court."
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS urges Parliament to back IPAC #GenocideAmendment to UK Trade Bill, which if passed would see genocide cases brought to UK courts.
1607
Switzerland will consider joining the EU's WTO case against the Chinese government should initial dispute consultations fail.
The answer came in response to #IPAC🇨🇭co-chair @FabianMolinaNR regarding the PRC government's punitive trade sanctions issued against Lithuania.
1608
Report from @hk_watch finds that 93% of those charged over Hong Kong protests are too young to access UK BN(O) visa scheme.
@DamianGreen amendment to the Borders Bill would see law changes to help young Hongkongers flee to the UK.
theguardian.com/world/2021/nov…
1609
Parliamentarians call for sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials on 33rd anniversary of #4June | CNA
Coverage of #IPAC Hong Kong Legal Accountablity Campaign launch.
cna.com.tw/news/acn/20220…
1610
Full story: ‘Where is Andy Li?’: Campaign for missing HK activist | Sydney Morning Herald
smh.com.au/world/europe/w…
1611
In a joint press conference the Lithuanian and UK parliamentarians called for democratic states to call out the Chinese government's failure to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and to join efforts to hold Russian officials responsible for suspected war crimes.
1612
Czech Foreign Minister and former #IPAC 🇨🇿 co-chair @JanLipavsky confirms that no members of the Czech government will be attending the #Beijing2022 Winter Olympics.
#NoRightsNoShow
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/domaci/3433312…
1613
Next, UK Co-Chair @MPIainDS pushing the UK to review UK China relations:
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Full story: Global legislators call for end to Beijing bullying of Lithuania, Taiwan.
ipac.global/global-legisla…
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IPAC co-chairs opening #IPACRome
@DSakaliene 🇱🇹 @PavelFischer 🇨🇿 @SujeetKOfficial 🇮🇳 @AkelloLucy5 🇺🇬 @MPIainDS 🇬🇧
1616
#IPAC statement on the 23rd anniversary of the persecution of the Falun Gong.
Today we remember all those in China who have been denied freedom of religious belief, including Gao Zhisheng, Chang Weiping, Pastor Wang Yi and all others imprisoned for defending religious freedoms.
1617
‘About time’: EU sues PRC government over economic coercion of Lithuania | Brisbane Times
#IPAC 🇬🇧 co-chair @MPIainDS: WTO must act to ensure the Chinese government is held to account for "refusal to play by the rules".
brisbanetimes.com.au/world/europe/a…
1618
UK House of Lords passes Lord Blencathra's #UyghurSlaveryAmendment to remove forced labour from NHS supply chains.
The Bill will now return to the Commons, where #IPAC members have shown cross-party support for the amendment.
#UnmaskSlavery
1619
#IPAC member @imranahmadkhan MP: What actions are the UK Government taking to hold the Chinese government to account for its breaching of the Sino-British Joint Declaration?
1620
Chinese government bullying of Lithuania shows democratic world needs to to unite in defence of rules-based order.
#IPAC 🇦🇺 MP @kevinandrewsmp writes for the Spectator Australia.
spectator.com.au/2022/01/lithua…
1621
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1622
#NEW Some of our 🇬🇧 members, together with Uyghur groups, have raised the alarm about a planned visit of the Governor on Xinjiang to the UK next week.
The Governor, Erkin Tuniyaz, is sanctioned by the US for his role in the repression of Uyghurs.
theguardian.com/world/2023/feb…
1623
"the genocide in Xinjiang is subtle. There are no gas chamber, instead there is forced sterlization ... yet make no mistake, this is targeted at the Uyghurs: to destroy their way of life and existence."
@MarieRimmer adds to calls for an urgent assessment of abuses in Xinjiang.
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Full story: Alliance of 60 elected officials from 18 countries calls for probe into 'indications of genocide' | CBC News
cbc.ca/news/politics/…
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🇨🇳State media @globaltimesnews attacks #IPAC again; misrepresents the purpose of #IPACRome
globaltimes.cn/page/202110/12…
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