STATEMENT ON THE ARREST OF OVER 50 HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, ACTIVISTS AND LAWYERS The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China is united in condemnation of the arrest of over 50 Hong Kong pan-democrat politicians, activists and lawyers and calls on the international community to take urgent action. Those arrested had taken part in primary polling for […]
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IPAC Weekly Newsletter: 18 December 2020
IPAC Global18 IPAC co-chairs wrote letters urging their respective foreign ministers to issue statements in support of Australia against China’s attempts at bullying and coercion. Those petitioned included Canada, Czechia, Denmark, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK. Coverage here. A database of the Shanghai Chinese Communist Party branch membership register leaked […]
IPAC Parliamentarians call on governments internationally to condemn China bullying and show solidarity with Australia
Politicians from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) have written to their respective governments urging them to condemn the Chinese government’s sanctions and threats against Australia in a public statement of solidarity with the Australian people. The calls were made in a coordinated series of letters signed by IPAC co-chairs representing parliamentarians in nine legislatures […]
IPAC Weekly Newsletter: 11 December 2020
IPAC Global IPAC members took part in the #FreeChinaHostages Christmas cards campaign, highlighting the plight of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on the second anniversary of their imprisonment in China. AustraliaIPAC member Kevin Andrews MP led a Human Rights Sub-Committee report calling for Australia to introduce a Magnitsky human rights sanctions regime. European Union The European Union […]
