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Hong Kong police launches search for 30 pro-democracy activists living ove
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 27 (ANI): Hong Kong police have launched a search for 30 pro-democracy activists, including former lawmakers Ted Hui Chi-fung and Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang, living abroad over violation of the city's draconian National Security Law.
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CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijing's exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo sai
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7 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists arrested: Joshua Wong
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 1 (ANI): Several Hong Kong opposition leaders, including both sitting and former Legislative Council members, have been arrested, said Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist, on Sunday.
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Pompeo calls for immediate release of 3 student activists arrested by 'Chi
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday condemned the "Chinese-controlled Hong Kong Police Force" for arresting three student democracy activists under the draconian national security law and demanded their immediate release.
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Hong Kong Opposition fear voting option in mainland China to open fraud lo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 4 (Sputnik/ANI): Democracy activists in Hong Kong are alarmed with the government's proposal to expand the parliamentary elections' geography to mainland China, fearing potential loopholes for electoral fraud and considering the initiative "politically driven," according to
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Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers and Taiwanese raise voice against China's o
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 4 (ANI): Political activists and leaders from China and its occupied territories have raised a voice against the oppression and colonial expansionism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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US House Committee on Foreign Affairs expresses 'deep concern' over arrest
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 1 (ANI): Expressing 'deep concern' over arrest warrants under Hong Kong's draconian national security law for several democracy activists, US House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday (local time) said this action further undermines China's credibility as a rule-
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Hong Kong libraries pull out books by pro-democracy activists for review
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 5 (ANI): Hong Kong libraries have taken at least nine titles written by localist or democracy advocates out of circulation for conducting a review of whether the books run afoul of the new national security law, South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy books suspended from lending
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 5 (ANI): The pro-China Carrie Lam government has started implementing the national security law to quash dissent as after banning the annual pro-democracy march in Hong Kong, the government in its latest move has started suspending the lending of several books written by p
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law leaves homeland after China pa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 3 (ANI): With China imposing the national security law in Hong Kong, several pro-democracy activists are fleeing their homeland.
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Security law puts Hong Kong pastors at risk of being extradited to China:
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 24 (ANI): With China pushing ahead with the implementation of the national security law on Hong Kong, pastors including pro-democracy activists and religious leaders face a risk of being extradited to mainland China for trial, according to a US-based Christian watchdog.
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Chaos returns to Hong Kong as police detains hundreds of protestors in sho
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 11 (ANI): Riot police chased protesters through Hong Kong's shopping malls and streets on Sunday as democracy activists launched Mother's Day flash mob rallies calling for independence and demanding resignation for the city's China-backed unpopular leader.
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