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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 6 others face sedition charge
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 28 (ANI): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six other former staff members of the tabloid Apple Daily are set to face an additional sedition charge, under the Beijing-imposed national security law.
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Chinese crackdown forces Hong Kong-based renowned media house to shut down
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 7 (ANI): Critical of the Chinese government for decades, Hong Kong-based media house Next Digital has started taking steps to shut down as Beijing's crackdown had left it with no way to operate, a media report said on Sunday.
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Three top staff of defunct Apple Daily arrested under Hong Kong security l
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 21 (ANI): The Hong Kong Police on Wednesday arrested three senior employees of now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily under Hong Kong's controversial national security law.
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US, 20 other nations condemn crackdown on Hong Kong's Apple Daily
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 11 (ANI): Over 20 nations have expressed their strong concerns about the forced closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper, and the arrest of its staff by the city authorities.
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China opposes European Parliament resolution on Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 9 (ANI): China on Friday opposed a European Parliament resolution on Hong Kong, which had denounced the closure of the city's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, highlighting the rapid deterioration of press freedom in Hong Kong.
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CCP 100th anniversary was all about 'Xi Jinping Thought'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 2 (ANI): On July 1, China celebrated Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 100th anniversary, but it was all about 'Xi Jinping Thought' - set of policies and ideals narrated by President Xi.
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Hong Kong media curtail operations as China tightens grip on free speech
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): As the national security law imposed by Beijing in Hong Kong completes one year in Hong Kong, several online media outlets in the city are taking down opinion articles and videos from their websites and have said they would move out after the arrest of another Apple
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Amid high turmoil, Beijing-imposed national security law in Hong Kong comp
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): The draconian Beijing-imposed national security law, introduced to smother dissent and free speech in Hong Kong, has completed one year on Wednesday, leaving the once British-controlled region in turmoil and chaos.
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Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at Hong Kong airport
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 28 (ANI): Fung Wai-kong, a senior editorial writer of Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the city airport on Sunday on charges of collusion, local media reported.
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Apple Daily's shutdown signals all-out attack by China on Hong Kong media,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 27 (ANI): The recent shutdown of the 26-year-old Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has signalled an all-out Chinese attack against media and free speech in the region, as the government has already announced that it would tighten rules about accrediting journalist
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Tech, media, banks in Hong Kong fear end to their business after Apple Dai
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): With closure of Apple Daily, a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, businesses including tech, media and banks are in fear of the possible end of their businesses in the city as China tightens its grip on a city.
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China dismisses Biden's remarks on Apple Daily closure, asks Washington no
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 26 (ANI): China's foreign ministry has dismissed US President Joe Biden's statement on the closure of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper and asked Washington to stop interfering in the country's internal affairs.
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