More than 60 lawmakers worldwide have criticized Uganda for what they called “coerced discrimination,” following incidents in which Ugandan immigration officials demanded that several Taiwanese nationals present Chinese passports upon arrival.
Sixty-six lawmakers from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), a global group of lawmakers who coordinate their efforts to address challenges posed by the Chinese regime, said they were “deeply troubled” by Uganda’s decision, in a joint statement on Aug. 17.
“This represents a clear act of coerced discrimination, wherein a sovereign third nation appears to have succumbed to pressure to enforce the political demands of the People’s Republic of China,” the lawmakers stated. …