BREAKING: #IPAC launches coordinated action on the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics across 11 parliaments.
Separating politics from sport does not permit turning a blind eye to industrial-scale human rights abuses.
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United Kingdom
@timloughton has submitted for a Backbench Business Committee debate on the UK’s representation at the Beijing Olympics, alongside a cross-party Early Day Motion calling for UK officials to boycott the games tabled@MPIainDS@Siobhain_Mc@amcarmichaelMP.Näytä tämä ketju -
European Parliament
Engin Eroglu MEP has submitted a formal parliamentary question asking the European Council to reconsider whether EU representatives should attend the Beijing Olympics and to issue advice to European firms acting as commercial sponsors for the game.Näytä tämä ketju -
Germany
@GydeJ MdB has submitted a question to German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas calling on the government to make a public commitment to staging a diplomatic boycott of the Games.Näytä tämä ketju -
Canada
@GarnettGenuis MP addressed the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Garneau in the House of Commons, calling on the government to decline invitations to the Games so long as atrocities continue in the Uyghur Region.pic.twitter.com/BKV19eSqNGNäytä tämä ketju -
Italy
Senator @LucioMalan will deposit a motion encouraging broadcasters to use the opportunity presented by the Beijing Olympic Games to dedicate programme time to discussions of human rights issues in China.Näytä tämä ketju -
Czechia
A resolution submitted by @PavelFischer calling on government leaders not to attend the Games and for UN officials to investigate atrocities in the Uyghur and Tibetan Regions will be debated in the Senate this week.Näytä tämä ketju -
Switzerland
@FabianMolinaNR will submit an interpellation to the Federal Council calling for a diplomatic boycott of the Games and asking what guarantees the IOC has sought on press freedoms during the Games.Näytä tämä ketju -
Lithuania
@DSakaliene, Member of the National Security and Defense Committee, together with Žygimantas Pavilionis, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, are preparing to register a resolution calling for state officials to decline invitations to attend the Beijing Olympics.Näytä tämä ketju -
Sweden
@FredrikMalm MP will formally call upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs to state before the Riksdag its policy on whether government representatives should attend the Beijing Olympics.Näytä tämä ketju -
Denmark
@uffeelbaek MP has submitted a question to the Minister of Culture asking for the government to publicly state that members of the royal family and government should decline invitations to attend the Games. https://www.ft.dk/samling/20201/almdel/kuu/spm/313/2398042.pdf …pic.twitter.com/wapHz48z3z
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Full story: IPAC coordinates legislative actions on Beijing Olympics across 11 parliaments.https://ipac.global/ipac-coordinates-legislative-actions-across-11-parliaments-on-beijing-olympics/ …
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