“Representatives from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) - a body of some 200 global parliamentarians - will gather in Rome to stage a counter-meeting ahead of the G20 Leaders Summit to demand a tougher stance towards the Chinese government. The conference, taking place on the 29th of October, will see parliamentarians from five continents meet with prominent leaders of groups targeted by the Chinese government, including Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration Penpa Tsering, former Hong Kong legislator Nathan Law and Uyghur artist and activist Rahima Mahmut. Earlier this year the Chinese government imposed travel bans and other sanctions on nine IPAC members, including former UK Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, Belgian Green MP Samuel Cogolati, EPP MEP Miriam Lexmann and Lithuanian Social Democratic MP Dovilė Šakalienė - all of whom will be present at the Rome conference. Chinese state controlled media outlets have frequently criticised the work of IPAC parliamentarians, with the Global Times branding IPAC as a 'malevolent' and 'nuisance' alliance.”
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