Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)

#BREAKING 🇹🇼 Taiwan’s Vice President @bikhim delivers breakthrough address to global assembly of lawmakers at #IPACBrussels25, marking the first-ever speech by a senior member of the Taiwanese Government in a foreign parliament. #快訊 台灣副總統 @bikhim 在 #IPACBrussels25 向全球立法者大會發表突破性演說，這是台灣政府高層首次在外國國會發表演講。 ＃速報　台湾の簫美琴副総統 ＠bikhiｍが、#IPACBrussels25の議員総会で画期的なスピーチを行いました。台湾政府重要幹部による海外の議会での演説は初めてのことです。 #ULTIMAHORA La Vicepresidente de Taiwan @bikhim da un discurso histórico dirigido a la asamblea global de legisladores en #IPACBrussels25, siendo el primer discurso dado por alto miembro del gobierno taiwanés en un parlamento extranjero.

#NEW 🇯🇵 JPAC met with Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki to exchange views and submit statements: 1️⃣ Urging the government to discuss #JimmyLai's immediate release at the US-Japan Summit on the 19th. 2️⃣ Condemning 🇨🇳 media's slander against Japanese MPs, incl Rep. @eri_arfiya 3月18日、人権外交議連で尾崎正直官房副長官に申入れ。 ①中国政府により懲役20年判決を受けたジミー・ライ氏釈放に向けた日米連携等の要請 ②エリ・アルフィヤ議員、石平議員などに向けられた中国メディアへの非難声明を手渡して意見交換。 JPAC 與內閣官房副長官尾崎正直會面，交換意見並提交兩份聲明： 1️⃣ 敦促政府在19日美日峰會討論 #黎智英 即時獲釋； 2️⃣ 譴責中國官媒抹黑日本國會議員，包括英利阿麗菲亞及石平議員。

JPAC has approved a draft statement urging the government to officially condemn 🇨🇳 media for repeatedly defaming Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs @eri_arfiya. The group criticised the dehumanising language, such as calling Eri, who has Uyghur roots, "Xinjiang poison”, as a violation of international human rights standards and Japan's sovereignty. The statement will also condemn the media's smearing of another lawmaker of Chinese descent, Seki Hei, as a "traitor." The group plans to submit the statement to the Prime Minister's Office. JPACは、中国メディアが英利アルフィヤ外務大臣政務官を繰り返し中傷していることに対し、政府に公式な抗議を求める声明案を承認しました。 ウイグルにルーツを持つ英利氏を「彊毒」と呼ぶなど非人間化とも言うべき誹謗中傷は、国際人権基準および日本の主権を侵害するものだと批判。また中国ルーツの石平（せき へい）氏を「売国奴」などと貶めるメディアの動きも非難する方針です。同議連はこの声明文を近く官邸に提出する予定です。 JPAC（日本跨黨派對中政策聯盟）已通過聲明草案，敦促政府正式譴責中國媒體屢次誹謗外務大臣政務官Arfiya Eri。該組織批評，中國將具有維吾爾族血統的Eri稱為『疆毒』等貶損人格的言論，違反了國際人權標準及日本主權。該聲明同時譴責媒體將另一位華裔議員石平（Seki Hei）抹黑為『賣國賊』的行徑。該組織計畫將此聲明提交給首相官邸。 sankei.com/article/202603…

🧵🇯🇵 Latest from JPAC /「人権議連の最新の動き」/ JPAC 最新動向： JPAC urge PM Takaichi to work with 🇺🇸 to demand the immediate release of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai at the Japan US summit next week. They also condemn the HK authorities for naming Japanese MPs in Lai's verdict, calling it an infringement on parliamentary sovereignty. 「人権外交議連は、ジミー・ライ氏の早期釈放に向けて、来週の日米首脳会談において高市総理にトランプ大統領との協力を促した。また、この判決において日本の国会議員らが犯罪の文脈で名指しされたことに対しても非難した」 JPAC 呼籲日本首相高市早苗在下週的日美峰會上與 🇺🇸 合作，要求中國立即釋放黎智英。同時，JPAC 亦譴責香港當局在黎智英判決中點名日本國會議員，此舉侵犯議會主權。 sankei.com/article/202603…

🔗 Senate motion: aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_… 🔗 House motion: parlwork.aph.gov.au/motions/0b24e4…

#BREAKING Australian Senate unanimously condemns 🇨🇳 repression in Tibet and rejects interference in the 14th Dalai Lama's reincarnation. Led by @Deborah_ONeill, 🇦🇺 is the first IPAC legislature to pass a motion on coordinated action agreed upon at #IPACBrussels2025. An identical motion was also passed in the House. #最新消息 澳洲參議院一致譴責 🇨🇳 對西藏的鎮壓，並反對干涉第十四世達賴喇嘛的轉世。 在 @Deborah_ONeill 的帶領下，🇦🇺 成為首個通過動議，推動 #IPACBrussels2025 協調行動共識的 IPAC立法機構。 眾議院也通過了相同的動議。

Īsadūmojit... Ja Latveja vēļ byutu okupāta, tok myusim izadūtu sataiseit Latvejis parlamentu trymdā. I tod daudzys vaļstis atsarunuotu, ka navar ar latvīšim eisti sasatikt i pat runuot, deļ tam ka... "nu redzit - tys ir sarežgeits vaicuojums". #Dharamsala #TibetanParliamentExile

💥 #Initiative2758 continues with the Senate of the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Led by Co-Chair @PavelFischer, the Czech Senate becomes the 11th parliamentary body to pass resolutions resisting China’s distortion of international law over Taiwan.

📢 🇵🇱 Poland joins IPAC as its 45th member country, expanding the global network to 310 lawmakers. @pomaska @KacperPlazynski

Today, IPAC 🇩🇪 Co-Chairs @borismijatovic @jbvolkmann hosted @SupportJimmyLai in the Bundestag for a discussion on the urgency of Jimmy Lai’s case, the plight of all political prisoners in Hong Kong, and the push for their release.

🇪🇪 Estonian Parliament condemned China’s forced assimilation of Tibetans and Uyghurs. The adopted resolution, initiated by IPAC Co-Chairs and Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, calls for abolition of the boarding school system. 🔗 Resolution text: riigikogu.ee/tegevus/eelnou…

Yesterday @HouseofCommons debated an anti-slavery amendment to the Industry and Exports Bill, tabled by @MPIainDS which would have prevented UK Export Finance supporting companies like AVIC and China Southern (see 📹👇) The amendment was resisted by @GOVUK and defeated 272:161

IPAC仝人祝大家新年快樂，福備箕疇，萬事順遂。🐎🧧 Happy Lunar New Year, IPAC wishes you a prosperous New Year!

I stood in the House to denounce the unjust and politically driven sentencing of Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison for peaceful expression. I reaffirm my commitment to seeking his release, alongside that of all people in prison for their beliefs in Hong Kong.

Rolling signatories: Johannes Volkmann MdB, Germany Joseph Mooney MP, New Zealand Rep. Gen Nakatani, Japan

Rolling signatories: Jan Paternotte MP, Netherlands Petras Auštrevičius MEP, European Parliament

Jimmy Lai’s sentencing is a tragic injustice. He must be afforded humanitarian relief. IPAC’s statement from 86 politicians across 31 countries 👇