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UK revokes license for Chinese State Broadcaster CGTN
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 5 (ANI): In an effort to clamp down content that lacks "editorial responsibility", UK regulators have pulled the broadcasting license for China Global Television Network, or CGTN.
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Hong Kong pushes for surveillance cameras in classrooms to monitor teacher
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): In order to further clamp down on dissent against the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong, pro-establishment lawmakers argued on Friday that surveillance cameras should be installed in Hong Kong schools to monitor teachers' speech.
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Chinese civil society has entered 'ice age' after years of crackdown: Acti
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): The Chinese civil society has entered an unprecedented "ice age" after years of the crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said a veteran dissident Ou Biaofeng, adding that any form of resistance these days is almost guaranteed to "draw retaliation
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Yearender 2020: Clampdown in Hong Kong, treatment of Uyghurs worsen China
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): It was a year that worsened China's global image. While COVID-19, which emerged in its city of Wuhan, was a factor, China's coercive tactics with countries in its neighbourhood and beyond, its clampdown on people in Hong Kong in breach of "one governme
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Japan to join 'Five Eyes' to check China's clampdown on Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 29 (ANI): Amid calls within the Japanese government to join the 'Five Eyes' intelligence-sharing alliance, it provided key inputs to the US and the UK regarding Chinese clampdown on Uyghurs, reported Kyodo News.
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Hong Kong student activist found guilty of participating in pro-democracy
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], December 12 (ANI): As China continues to clamp down on Hong Kong pro-democracy activism, a student activist, Tony Chung Hon-lam, was found guilty of flag desecration and participation in a protest over the now-withdrawn extradition bill last year.
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New York city to close indoor dining as coronavirus spike continues
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): New York City will close indoor-dining beginning on Monday in an effort to clamp down on the spike in coronavirus hospitalizations that could overwhelm the health system, Governor Andrew Cuomo said during a press conference on Friday.
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31-year-old man in Hong Kong jailed for 21 months for throwing eggs at pol
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], November 27 (ANI): As Chinese authorities move to clamp down on dissent in Hong Kong, a 31-year-old man has been sentenced to 21 months in jail by a court on Thursday for throwing eggs at a police headquarters during last year's protests.
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Protests erupt against Pak's attempt to alter status of GB, crackdown on a
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Muzaffarabad (PoK)/ Karachi (Pakistan)/ Hunza (Gilgit Baltistan), October 13 (ANI): People from Gilgit Baltistan held demonstrations across the region and in major towns of Pakistan against Islamabad's clampdown on people's civil and political rights.
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'Kshama Puja' performed in Nepal's Lalitpur held day after deadly clash
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lalitpur [Nepal], September 4 (ANI): A day after locals and police clashed over pulling of Rato Macchindranath Chariot, Kshama Puja or Worship for Forgiveness has been held on Friday with clamping of curfew in the city.
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Uttarakhand CM says weekend lockdown helpful in clamping COVID-19 spread
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 19 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday justified the weekend lockdown in four districts of the State, pointing out that it will help to clamp down on Covid-19 transmissions, especially super-spreaders of the virus.
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Frustrated China now accuses Hong Kong activists of brainwashing young stu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 15 (ANI): As part of China's strategy to clamp down the year-long pro-democracy protests and impose the national security law in Hong Kong, Beijing has now accused the activists of brainwashing the young students.
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