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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 1 year in jail
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 16 (ANI): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced by a Hong Kong court to one year in prison on Friday over illegal assembly in August 2019, reported Xinhua.
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Hong Kong Police arrest over 10,200 during anti-govt protests in last 20 m
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 10 (ANI): Hong Kong Police have arrested over 10,200 people in connection with the anti-government protests in the last 20 months, signalling the extent of the crackdown launched by Beijing-backed authorities to silence dissenters.
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US condemns conviction of seven pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): The United States condemns the conviction of seven activists who took part in anti-government protests in Hong Kong by the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday.
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EU condemns crackdown on Myanmar protesters, threatens more sanctions
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 29 (ANI): EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned the Myanmar security forces’ response to the Saturday protests that left more than 100 people dead.
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Teen sentenced to 6 months in detention centre for rioting during 2019 ant
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): A 16-year-old student has been sentenced to up to six months in a detention centre becoming the first confessed rioter to avoid actual prison time since the 2019 social unrest.
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Is trade deal with China a dangerous move for EU?
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Athens [Grecce], February 25 (ANI): December 2020, European Union (EU) landmark trade deal - the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) with China, that aims to liberalise trade between Beijing and Brussels, may prove to be a dangerous move for Europe.
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Several injured in anti-government clash in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 11 (ANI): Several protestors were injured on Thursday in Kathmandu as resistance against the dissolution of parliament continued to intensify in the Himalayan Nation.
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Anti-govt protests continue in Gilgit-Baltistan over discrimination in job
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], February 3 (ANI): Anti-government protests in Pakistan occupied Kashmir's (PoK) Gilgit-Baltistan continued on Tuesday as hundreds of disgruntled employees and healthcare workers demonstrated against the discrimination in government jobs and unpaid salary hikes.
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Hong Kong police invokes security law to block website publishing details
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], January 10 (ANI): In another instance of curbing dissent in Hong Kong, police here have invoked the draconian national security law to block a local website dedicated to publishing first-hand accounts of the anti-government protests in 2019 and personal details of official
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Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police book anti-government protestors
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], January 8 (ANI): Police in Pakistan's Bannu district on Friday booked organisers and local leaders for holding an anti-government rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa earlier this week.
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Pakistan Democratic Movement to begin second phase of anti-govt protests f
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 22 (ANI): Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an 11-party alliance will begin on Wednesday the second phase of anti-government protest to oust the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government by January 31.
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Hong Kong court dismisses petition seeking to label police treatment of sc
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], December 21 (ANI): Hong Kong's High Court on Monday threw out a bid from the area's oldest journalists' union which sought to formally label the police force's treatment of industry workers during last year's anti-government protests as unconstitutional.
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