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UK Foreign Secretary welcomes US offer of safe haven to Hong Kongers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], August 6 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday (local time) welcomed the decision by the United States to offer a stay of expulsion to Hong Kong residents staying in the country who fear persecution back home.
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Worldwide demonstrations mark second anniversary of Hong Kong uprising
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], June 13 (ANI): Demonstrations were staged in several cities across the globe on Saturday to commemorate the second anniversary of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
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China using cases against Hong Kong's pro-democracy activists to stifle di
Updated : 5 years 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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Four Hong Kong activists including Joshua Wong convicted over Tiananmen vi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 30 (ANI): A court in Hong Kong has convicted four pro-democracy activists, including Joshua Wong, for taking part in a memorial ceremony commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre victims.
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UK, EU condemn sentencing of Jimmy Lai, other Hong Kong pro-democracy acti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 18 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union condemned the decision to sentence publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai and multiple pro-democracy figures to prison for their roles in the 2019 mass protests that rocked the city for a year.
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US condemns sentencing of seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists: Blinken
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): The United States condemned the sentencing of seven pro-democracy activists who took part in a peaceful assembly of 1.7 million people in Hong Kong, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democracy pro
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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US condemns conviction of seven pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): The United States condemns the conviction of seven activists who took part in anti-government protests in Hong Kong by the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday.
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32 pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong as bail denied by judge
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 4 (ANI): A Hong Kong court on Thursday denied bail to 32 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged under a Beijing draconian national security law (NSL) after a four-day marathon court hearing.
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Hong Kong govt calls for tighter supervision of city's public broadcaster
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 24 (ANI): The Hong Kong government has called for tighter supervision of city's public broadcaster by government-appointed advisers, a move seen by pro-democracy activists as an attempt to restrict freedom of the press.
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Hong Kong police detain 11 for aiding pro-democracy activists' escape atte
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 14 (ANI): The Hong Kong national security police have arrested a lawyer, a Ukrainian man and nine others on suspicion of bankrolling an attempt by 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors to flee the city in order to escape to Taiwan amid Beijing's imposition of the draconian
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Canada calls for transparency in trial of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy prote
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottowa [Canada], December 29 (ANI): Ottawa has voiced its concern over the judicial procedures performed by Beijing on 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists - also known as the Shenzen 12 -- who were detained in Shenzhen in August while attempting to flee to Taiwan as the Chinese Communist Pa
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