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Calls for boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese repression intensify, p
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 23 (ANI): A protest was held on Wednesday near Parliament House in Australia, calling for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics amid ongoing Chinese genocide against Uyghur Muslims and the severe repression in Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Hong
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Apple Daily newspaper's editor-in-chief, 4 directors held under Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 17 (ANI): In an early morning raid on Thursday, Hong Kong police arrested the chief editor and four directors of a pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper under draconian Hong Kong security law on suspicion of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.
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Canada: Regional Tibetan Youth Congress VP holds 10-day march for free Tib
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 2 (ANI): Sunny Sonam, the vice president of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress in Canada, recently embarked on a 10-day march to protest against China's occupation of Tibet, reported TAG TV.
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China using cases against Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists to stifle di
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 29 (ANI): The Chinese government is using cases against Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists to subdue political opposition and contain the dissent that fueled the 2019 protests.
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China changes electoral system to strip democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 28 (ANI): With the overhauling of election rules in Hong Kong, China has stamped out the opposition by reducing public voting rights. The Hong Kong legislature passed a bill amending electoral laws that drastically curtails islanders' right to vote as the majority of lawmak
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China to expand top office in Hong Kong with national security and propaga
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 25 (ANI): As the Chinese government continues to reform Hong Kong's legislative process, Beijing's top office overseeing the city's affairs will be expanded to create two new departments covering national security and propaganda in the communist country's bid to win the "ideol
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Hong Kong legislature approves bill requiring officials to pledge allegian
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 13 (ANI): Hong Kong's largely opposition-free legislature approved a new bill that will require public officers to pledge allegiance to the pro-China government.
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China targets Hong Kong bar association head for defending 2019 'peaceful'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 26 (ANI): China's top office in Hong Kong has ratcheted up attacks against the city's bar association chairman Paul Harris for defending demonstrations of 2019, denouncing him as an "anti-China politician".
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UK unveils 43 million pound package to support Hong Kong families escaping
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 8 (ANI): The UK government has launched a 43 million pound (USD 59.6 million) package to support British National (Overseas) families that settle in the country, funding local councils nationwide to help the new arrivals from Hong Kong with housing, education and employmen
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Hong Kong does not warrant special US status as China dismantling its free
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): The Biden administration on Wednesday reaffirmed a determination of the Trump administration that Hong Kong does not warrant preferential treatment under US law owing to the erosion of its autonomy at the hands of Beijing.
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No free, fair elections in Hong Kong anymore: Activist Nathan Law
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, March 31 (ANI): Slamming China's latest move to reduce the number of directly elected seats in Hong Kong's legislature, pro-democracy activist Nathan Law has said that democracy is being denied and citizens are being "humiliated" in the city, showing how the Communist Party of Chi
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China unanimously approves contentious proposal to overhaul Hong Kong's el
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, March 30 (ANI): China on Tuesday approved the most controversial and sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, which will slash the number of directly elected seats in the city's legislature from half to about one-fifth.
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