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Hong Kong protest: Students boycott classes on first day of school
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Sep 2 (ANI): In the backdrop of the ongoing anti-government protests across the city, thousands of students in Hong Kong started their school year on Monday by boycotting classes and protesting against the pro-China government.
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Police storm MTR train in Hong Kong as protests rage
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Sept 1 (ANI): Anti-government protests in Hong Kong turned violent after the city police stormed a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) train carriage and hit people inside with batons and used pepper spray on late Saturday evening (local time).
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Hong Kong protests could affect jewellery trade of approx Rs 500 cr: Jaipu
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): The business prospects of nearly 300 merchants in Jaipur, who are planning to attend the Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair next month, could get affected due to the ongoing anti-government protests in the island territory.
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G7 leaders back Hong Kong's autonomy
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Leaders of the G7 member countries have backed Honk Kong's autonomy as laid out in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, and called for calm in the city engulfed in anti-government protests.
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Hong Kong: Man stabs three people after asking their views on anti-govt pr
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 20 (ANI): An unidentified man on Tuesday launched an unprovoked knife attack on a group of people in 'Lennon Wall' of Hong Kong after asking them about their views on the anti-government protests. At least three people including two women have suffered injuries.
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Twitter removes 936 accounts linked to China for 'sowing political discord
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
San Francisco [USA], Aug 20 (ANI): Twitter on Monday (local time) announced that it removed at least 936 accounts linked to a campaign by China that were aimed at "deliberately" sowing political discord in Hong Kong, which has been rocked by anti-government protests since June.
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Hong Kong: Hundreds take part in teachers' rally braving downpour
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 17 (ANI): Hundreds of Hong Kong teachers and supporters on Saturday braved heavy downpour as they took to the streets to begin yet another weekend of anti-government protests in the former British colony.
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Beijing accuses US of engaging in 'anti-China criminal activities' in Hong
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 15 (ANI): China on Thursday accused the United States of engaging in 'anti-China criminal activities' in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous region that has witnessed ten consecutive weeks of anti-government protests.
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China paramilitary officers gather near Hong Kong border
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 15 (ANI): As Hong Kong continues to witness anti-government protest, China stationed its paramilitary force just miles away from Hong Kong's border with mainland China, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong protest: Police fire tear gas at protestors in Sham Shui Po dist
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 11 (ANI): Violent clashes broke out between police and pro-democracy demonstrators on Sunday after thousands took to the streets of Sham Shui Po district for an unauthorised march as a part of the ongoing anti-government protests.
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Hong Kong civil servants join anti-government protests
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 3 (ANI): Thousands of civil servants on Friday gathered in Hong Kong's central district to demonstrate support for the anti-government protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese territory from the past few weeks.
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Pakistani lawyers protest case against top judge
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 18 (ANI): A leading lawyers' association in Pakistan has strongly protested the filing of a misconduct case against Supreme Court judge Qazi Faez Isa, who had been critical of the country's powerful military establishment over its role in an anti-government prote
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