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 […]
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) strongly condemns attempts to implicate members of its secretariat in the sham trial of UK citizen Jimmy Lai. The naming of IPAC executive director Luke de Pulford and IPAC’s Japan director, Shiori Yamao (now Kanno), together with other human rights defenders as “co-conspirators” in Mr Lai’s trial is an […]
The IPAC Lexicon is a public resource designed for IPAC members and their staff to quickly reference and understand key terms, phrases and slogans commonly used in discussing China. Developed with the input of experts from across the network and beyond, entries are designed to be easily accessible and cover a wide breadth of understanding, […]
