A new report from the Tibet Advocacy Coalition has revealed the Chinese government’s ‘cradle to grave’ policies of displacement, control and cultural erasure in Tibet. The report adds to concerns around coercive labour transfer schemes in the region, with Chinese official statistics referencing over 2.8 million Tibetans transferred over the past five years. In response, […]
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UK Government narrowly avoids defeat on ‘genocide amendment’, makes major concessions
The UK government has narrowly avoided defeat on a ‘Genocide Amendment’ to the Trade Bill that threatened to hand the government its first defeat in the House of Commons. The government compromise Neill Amendment won by 319 to 297 votes, offering major concessions to backers of the Genocide Amendment. Lord Alton’s Genocide Amendment provided for […]
China sanctions IPAC Parliamentarians in retaliation for EU action on Uyghur abuses
Today the Chinese government has announced sanctions on ten EU individuals and four entities in retaliation for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for gross human rights abuses. Members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) sanctioned include Reinhard Bütikofer MEP and Miriam Lexmann MEP, co-authors of a European Parliament Resolution in December last year calling […]
IPAC Newsletter 19th March 2021
CanadaA report published by the Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development called for supply chain reform and sanctions on Chinese officials in light of human rights abuses against Uyghurs. IPAC members Garnett Genuis MP and Heather McPherson were among the co-authors of the report. IPAC members John McKay MP, Kenny Chiu MP, Tom Kmiec MP, Heather McPherson […]
IPAC Newsletter 12th March 2021
IPAC GlobalParliamentarians from across the IPAC global network took part in a video message for International Women’s Day, calling for action on the abuses suffered by Uyghur and other minority women in the Xinjiang region. Watch the video here. European ParliamentIPAC MEP Engin Eroglu led a cross-party letter to EU High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles expressing concern […]
IPAC Parliamentarians condemn abuse of Uyghur women on International Women’s Day, call for genocide investigations
A cross-party international group of female parliamentarians have released a statement highlighting the abuse of Uyghur and other religious and ethnic minority women in China’s Xinjiang region to mark International Women’s Day. The statement, released in video format by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, calls for governments to pursue legal investigations into alleged genocide taking […]
IPAC Newsletter 5th March 2021
IPAC GlobalIPAC co-chairs were delighted to host Joseph Wu, the Foreign Minister of Taiwan, this week for a briefing followed by discussion. IPAC looks forward to deepening its friendship and partnership with Taiwan as it comes under increasing pressure from Beijing. Earlier in the week IPAC issued a statement in response to new evidence of […]
IPAC statement on new evidence of coercive labour transfer schemes in the Xinjiang region.
STATEMENT ON FURTHER REPORTS OF FORCIBLE TRANSFER AND FORCED LABOUR SCHEMES IN THE XINJIANG UYGHUR AUTONOMOUS REGION A report released today authored by IPAC adviser Adrian Zenz and reported by the BBC and others has shed new light onto the coercive labour transfer schemes taking place in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Newly-uncovered evidence documents […]
Ireland joins IPAC, becoming the 20th legislature represented in the Alliance
Four members of Ireland’s Oireachtas have joined an international cross-party alliance of legislators as part of a coordinated effort to secure a tougher stance on China from the Irish Government. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) works to reform the approach of democratic countries to China. Since its launch last June, IPAC’s membership has grown […]
IPAC Newsletter 26 February 2021
CanadaCanada’s Parliament has recognised an ongoing Genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, with a motion co-sponsored by IPAC co-chair Garnett Genuis MP approved by 266 votes to 0. IPAC members have called for targeted sanctions on Chinese government officials in response to the declaration. Full story here. European ParliamentA cross-party letter led by IPAC members Anna […]
