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Joshua Wong, other leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy group step down as s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): Hours after Beijing passed the controversial national security legislation for Hong Kong, activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Jeffrey Ngo and Agnes Chow step-down from the pro-democracy group Demosisto on Tuesday morning.
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Riot police stop peaceful protest in Hong Kong against security law
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong June 28 (ANI): Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters on Sunday vowed to walk silently from Jordan to Mong Kok to demonstrate against impending Hong Kong security law. However, they were stopped by riot police, Hong Kong Free Press reported.
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About 110 teachers, 3,600 students arrested over social incidents in Hong
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, June 20 (ANI): About 110 teachers or staffs from educational institutions and nearly 3,600 students have been arrested in relation to social incidents in Hong Kong from June, 2019, to May, 2020, the special administrative region's education chief said.
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G7 foreign ministers urge China to reconsider new security law on Hong Kon
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) member countries on Wednesday issued a joint statement strongly urging China to reconsider its decision to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong.
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A year later, thousands mourn demise of HK protestor 'raincoat man'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, June 15 (ANI): Thousands of people in Hong Kong mourned the death of protestor "raincoat man" on Monday, a year after he fell from height in Admiralty ahead of a march against the now-withdrawn extradition bill, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
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Hong Kong fears oblivion under Chinese dominion
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, June 10 (ANI): Hong Kong, despite assurances to the contrary from its government and Beijing, is facing an oppressive future as a satellite city of China, one where secret police operate with impunity and the territory's residents live in perpetual fear.
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Activists believe Beijing's proposed national security law will snatch awa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 29 (ANI): Beijing's endorsement of a national security law tailoring Hong Kong from acts of secession, subversion, terrorism or conspiring with foreign influences, activists believe, will soon lead to an imposition of arbitrary detentions and crackdowns on free speech and diss
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Hongkongers eye grim future as China approves national security law
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 29 (ANI): A large number of Hongkongers see a bleak future for themselves after Chinese parliament approved plans for a bill that threatens to limit freedoms in the semi-autonomous state, bypassing its legislature to punish acts that subvert state power.
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