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China uses surveillance devices, national security procedures to impose cr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 15 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses the standard operating procedures of "national security investigations" and surveillance systems to track and impose crackdowns on foreign journalists and they were subject to intimidation and harassment.
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4 killed by military forces in Myanmar, death toll since coup reaches 557
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], April 4 (ANI): Myanmar military's severe crackdown on anti-coup protests continued as four more people died when security forces opened fire in Monywa township and other areas.
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UN calls for unhindered access to Xinjiang over China's gross human rights
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 30 (ANI): The United Nations human rights experts have expressed serious concerns over the continuous crackdowns on the Uyghur community residing in Xinjiang, calling for unhindered access to the country to conduct fact-finding missions and urging global and domes
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US, allies announce sanctions against Chinese officials for "serious human
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington, DC [US], March 22 (ANI): As China continues to impose severe crackdowns on the Uyghur and other minority communities, the US announced sanctions Monday against two Chinese officials for "serious human rights abuses", the Treasury Department said.
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EU hits China with sanctions over Uyghur 'genocide'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 22 (ANI): As China continues to impose severe crackdowns on the Uyghur and other minority communities, the European Union has confirmed its first sanctions on Chinese officials since 1989, targeting four officials and one entity.
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Blinken calls on China to allow UN, observers access to Xinjiang
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): As Beijing continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on China to grant access to the UN and international observers to detention centres in Xinjiang where tens of thousands of Uyghurs are being h
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UK MP calls for much tougher action on China's human rights abuses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], March 10 (ANI): Former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the United Kingdom Iain Duncan Smith has called for "much tougher action" to combat human rights abuses in China as Beijing continues to impose severe crackdowns on Uyghurs and the citizens of Hong Kong.
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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Hong Kong introduces new regulations for schools to impose Beijing's draco
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): Hong Kong has introduced new regulations for how schools should operate, months after Beijing imposed the draconian national security law giving authorities powers to further impose crackdowns among the people of the region.
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Would sacrifice Sindh govt for democracy's sake: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 17 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said that he was ready to give up his party's government in Sindh for the sake of democracy as the Prime Minister Imran Khan government continues to impose crackdowns on the op
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Pak govt invokes sedition law against opposition leaders amid calls for "p
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): As opposition parties in Pakistan form a united front for a "political revolution" to "bring law and order" in the country, the Imran Khan-led government has launched multiple crackdowns against opposition leaders using sedition law.
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Barnala police busted inter-state drug cartel operating in 11 states
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Barnala (Punjab) [India], July 24 (ANI): In one of the biggest crackdowns on drug networking cartels, the Barnala Police busted an inter-state gang of illegal syndicates supplying psychotropic drugs in 11 states and over 50 districts of the country.
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