IPAC Weekly Newsletter: 20 November 2020

AustraliaIPAC members Reinhard Bütikofer MEP and Sen. Marco Rubio made press statements expressing solidarity with the Australian people as the country withstands renewed pressure from the Chinese government.  CanadaIPAC Canada members were instrumental in ensuring the passage of a non-binding motion calling on the Canadian government to ban Huawei’s 5G within 30 days. CzechiaIPAC co-chairs Jan Lipavský MP […]

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IPAC Weekly Newsletter: 13 November 2020

IPAC Global63 IPAC members representing 14 legislatures signed a letter calling on the International Criminal Court to accept a complaint alleging Chinese government Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang. The initiative received widespread press attention.  AustraliaIPAC members Sen. Kimberley Kitching, Tim Wilson MP and Sen. James Paterson made statements to the media urging Australia to take tough action […]

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Statement on the expulsion of opposition lawmakers from the Hong Kong Legislative Council

The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China condemns in the strongest possible terms the disqualification of four pro-democracy legislators from the Hong Kong Legislative Council. We stand in solidarity with the lawmakers expelled and with all the Hong Kong people in this difficult time.   The expulsion of democratically elected representatives is an unacceptable assault on the high […]

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IPAC calls on International Criminal Court to accept case investigating suspected genocide against Uyghur Muslims

63 IPAC parliamentarians representing 14 countries have written to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) urging her to accept a complaint alleging genocide against Uyghurs by China.  The complaint, brought by Rodney Dixon QC, provides detailed and extensive evidence that the Chinese government may be committing crimes amounting to genocide and other […]

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