Under the full glare of the international media, and in a matter of days, the Hong Kong authorities have rushed through the most repressive national security legislation in the city’s history. The substance of the law is eye watering in the repression it allows and the chilling effect it will create. Among other things, it […]
PRESS RELEASE: On Wednesday 13th March, senior lawyer Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws KC, and Miriam Lexmann MEP, joined four of those accused of “conspiracy to undermine national security” in the Hong Kong trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai, published comments condemning alleged torture and coercion of a key prosecution witness. The politicians and alleged […]
We, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, express deep concern at reports of forced labour in the Chinese toy market. This industry, which produces over 70% of the world’s toys, is credibly accused of flooding the global toy market with toys produced using forced and child labour. If this weren’t serious enough, these products often pose […]
Today Co-Chairs and Members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, launched ‘Operation MIST’ – a campaign to press governments to assess and measure the domestic economic impact of a shock in the Taiwan Strait. The campaign, which grew out of the IPAC Prague Summit in September 2023, aims to rebut President Macron’s contention that “Europe […]
