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Worldwide demonstrations mark second anniversary of Hong Kong uprising
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Twitter launches new emoji to celebrate pro-democracy movement
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
California [US], April 8 (ANI): Twitter launched a new set of emojis on Thursday to celebrate the first anniversary of the Milk Tea Alliance, a pro-democracy movement started by activists from Asia.
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'One country, two systems', other key Hong Kong phrases removed from China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 5 (ANI): Less than a year after China imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, the phrases 'one country, two systems', 'Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong' and 'high degree of autonomy' have been removed from a report of Beijing's annual
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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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Myanmar protests intensifying; thanks to Internet, rise of young generatio
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 28 (ANI): Lauding the efforts of the Internet and the rise of the young generation, Min Ko Naing, an activist who led a pro-democracy movement in the country in the 1980s said that the protests in Myanmar are growing stronger than the one in 1988, reported NHK Worl
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US nominates Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for Nobel Peace Prize
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has nominated Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, to honour the demonstrators' struggle against the Beijing imposed draconian national security law.
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Hong Kong internet service provider admits blocking pro-democracy website
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 15 (ANI): As China continues to crack down on dissent, a telecom company has admitted to blocking one of the most popular websites devoted to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
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Urge citizens of India to support BJP's 'pro-democracy movement' in West B
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], December 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya on Monday urged the citizens of India to support the pro-democracy movement of his party against the "dictatorial" regime by West Bengal
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Qualification of Hong Kong Legislation Council an internal matter, no coun
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 12 (ANI): In a statement issued by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday, China intensified pressure on the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement saying that the matter was an internal affair of China, and no country should intervene.
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53 arrested as Hong Kong marks first anniversary of pro-democracy protests
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 10 (ANI): The Hong Kong police on Wednesday said they had arrested 53 people during demonstrations on Tuesday evening which were called to mark the one-year anniversary of the protest against a bill proposing extraditions to mainland China. That protest grew into a pro-democr
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Hong Kong: Tens of thousands turn up for march on eve of half-year protest
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Dec 8 (ANI): Tens of Thousands of demonstrators marched in the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in a display of support for the pro-democracy movement on the eve of its half-year anniversary.
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Joshua Wong in US to seek support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of the most visible leaders of the Hong Kong protest movement, along with other protest leaders, has arrived in the United States to seek support for the city's widening pro-democracy protests that have crippled parts of the Asian financi
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