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Veteran Hong Kong journalist Allan Au arrested by national security police | Hong Kong Free Press
Award winning journalist arrested for allegedly conspiring to publish 'seditious' materials in a further crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong.
hongkongfp.com/2022/04/11/bre…
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@UNHumanRights Full story: Xinjiang Police Files: Inside a Chinese internment camp | BBC
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“Many have just been detained for ordinary outward signs of their Islamic faith”
#IPAC adviser @adrianzenz disturbing new research 👇 twitter.com/TheJohnSudwort…
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Japan’s New Economic Statecraft | The Washington Quarterly
#IPAC adviser @AkiraIgata writes on @Japan_pac efforts to establish a Magnitsky act to sanction perpetrators of gross human rights abuses globally.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Japan Nonpartisan Association for Reconsidering Human Rights Diplomacy @JinkenGaikou holds second general meeting, led by #IPAC 🇯🇵 co-chairs Rep. Gen Nakatani and Rep. @ShioriYamao.
Watch below 👇 twitter.com/JinkenGaikou/s…
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Reuters | Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu @MOFA_Taiwan urges 'freedom-loving countries' to work in collaboration against the rising threat of the People's Republic of China.
reuters.com/article/taiwan…
#IPACRome #G20
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'There is still much work to be done to support Hong Kongers arriving in the UK'
#IPAC member @LaylaMoran writes for the Independent, calling for @HSBC and other banks to ensure Hong Kongers fleeing the city can access their pension funds.
@hk_watch
independent.co.uk/voices/hong-ko…
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Confucius Institutes in the UK accused of only accepting staff who were vetted in China. telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/1…
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Following credible reports that Putin delayed his invasion of 🇺🇦 at the request of Xi Jinping, now seems a good time to re-up the standing invitation for legislators to join #IPAC. #Standtogether
ipac.global/contact/member/
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#IPAC 🇸🇪 co-chair @IsaLann1 calls on democratic states to "take off the silk gloves" and take a tougher stance against the Chinese Communist Party, speaking to the Jönköpings-Posten.
jp.se/2021-11-05/vyk…
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Globe and Mail | Legislators from 20 countries meet in Rome ahead of #G20 IPAC co-chair @GarnettGenuis: Canada cannot return to business as usual while Canadian nationals remain arbitrarily detained in China. theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… #IPACRome
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"the Chinese government is ramping up military actions against Taiwan and providing implicit support to Russia’s senseless aggression against Ukraine”
#IPAC 🇧🇪 co-chair @SamuelCogolati previews the #IPAC22DC Summit with @politico @nicolle_liu.
politico.com/newsletters/po…
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🇺🇸 Co-Chair, Senator @marcorubio:
“HSBC is working around existing sanctions against entities engaged in genocide so it can buy shares in Xinjiang. This is another example of a company turning a blind eye to genocide and slavery just to turn a profit….
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📸Highlights from the #IPAC22DC Summit, bringing together 60 legislators from five continents.
🇺🇸 🇮🇪 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇧🇪 🇳🇿 🇹🇼 🇺🇬 🇬🇧 🇷🇴 🇱🇹 🇫🇯 🇨🇦 🇮🇳 🇸🇰 🇦🇱 🇭🇷 🇦🇺 🇩🇪 🇨🇿 🇯🇵 🇽🇰 🇲🇪 🇳🇱 🇲🇰 🇮🇩 🇺🇳🇩🇴
#StandTogether
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UN accused of colluding with Chinese government to delay Xinjiang human rights report until after Beijing Winter Olympics | SCMP
#IPAC has joined calls for @UNHumanRights Chief @mbachelet to release a report on Uyghur human rights ahead of #Beijing2022.
scmp.com/news/china/art…
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Today the UK House of Commons debated amendment led by #IPAC member @DamianGreen to extend the BN(O) visa scheme to Hong Kongers born after the 1997 handover.
Cross-party backers will now take the proposal to the House of Lords.
Thread of debate and government concession👇 twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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UK Minister for Asia @amandamilling says @UNHumanRights visit to China did not provide the full, unfettered access to the Uyghur Region required to investigate human rights abuses.
The answer comes in response to concerns raised by #IPAC 🇬🇧 members @MPIainDS @HelenaKennedyQC.
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Four Uyghurs held in Saudi Arabia at risk of extradition to China | RFA
Coverage of #IPAC calls on Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal to stop the forcible return of the Uyghurs, who may face torture and arbitrary detention in China.
@KSAmofaEN
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"The world seems to forget that China broke its promises related to the Beijing 2008 Olympics and is committing atrocities against the Uyghur and other Turkic communities in plain sight."
Opinion: If Uyghur Lives Matter, the Olympics Should Move | WSJ
wsj.com/articles/if-uy…
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#IPAC 🇩🇪 members @MargareteBause @GydeJ and Michael Brand will lead a public hearing in the Bundestag to debate whether the Chinese government's persecution of Uyghurs constitutes a Genocide.
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Full text of letter from @MPIainDS and @uffeelbaek:
Actions of @HSBC show it is "not only willing to turn a blind eye to the Chinese government’s political repression but is also complicit in abetting direct violations of international law."
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#IPAC 🇱🇹 Co-Chair @DSakaliene:
"I come from a family of political prisoners and exiles - we will never forget the Soviet Communist regime and their Gulag system. Thus the sanctions and threats by the Chinese Communist regime do not scare us ...
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