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US charges Chinese dissident with espionage for Beijing amid ongoing conce
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The CBS report states that Yuanjun Tang, who had previously protested against the Chinese Communist Party during the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and later sought refuge in Taiwan and the US, is accused by prosecutors of agreeing to work for China's intelligence agency decades later.
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Chinese-American sentenced to 25 years in prison for spying on dissidents
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Shujun Wang, a US citizen of Chinese descent, was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison as he was convicted for spying in the US for China, the US Office of Public Affairs (OPA) said in a press release.
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"Situation within the BJP is going to get worse," says UP Congress preside
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Reacting to Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav's announcement of a monsoon offer on Thursday, where he asked dissidents to bring a hundred MLAs and form the government in Uttar Pradesh, state Congress President Ajay Rai said that in the future, the situation in the Bharatiya Janata Par
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Iranian filmmaker flees country ahead of Cannes premiere
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, known for his dissident stance against the Islamic Republic, has fled his homeland amidst an eight-year prison sentence handed down by the Islamic Revolution Court.
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Former spy unravels China's tactics of tracking, abducting dissidents glob
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
A former Chinese spy, who was in Australia, unravelled China's tactics of tracking and abducting dissidents living overseas including India, Thailand, Canada and Australia, reported Voice of America (VOA).
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PML-N dissidents set to join former Pak PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's party
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
After Eidul Fitr, Zaeem Qadri, a former leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), is set to join Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's political party, ARY News reported, citing sources, on Tuesday.
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"Now it's #CongressGrahstBjp!": Ahmed Patel's daughter jabs ruling party a
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Taking a veiled dig at the BJP over the continuing string of exits of Congress leaders and workers to the ruling party at the Centre, going into the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, party leader Mumtaz Patel on Friday questioned what 'BJP Karyakartas' would feel seeing dissident rival campers f
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China's crackdown: Police target citizens following dissident artist's soc
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Despite Beijing's heightened efforts to curb free speech beyond its Great Firewall of internet censorship, Lee continued to tweet. Last month, he was summoned by police not due to his tweets, but because of the accounts he followed.
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"Won't press my resignation until...": Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
In a measure of relief to the ruling Congress amid fears of a churn at the helm following the cross-voting by 6 Congress MLAs during the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal on Tuesday, state minister Vikramaditya Singh on Wednesday said he would not press his resignation from the cabinet until
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"Observers have reached Shimla, will talk to dissidents": Sachin Pilot ami
Updated : 2 years ago IST
As the Congress lurched into a fresh political crisis in Himachal Pradesh, fighting to stay afloat in the only heartland state it rules, senior party leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said the grand old party deputed observers, who have reached Shimla and will speak to dissident leaders in
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Detained Chinese dissidents' wives continue advocacy from abroad
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite the Chinese government's efforts to cut down on public attention on human rights cases in the country, the wives of dissidents who were arrested in April have been advocating for their husbands globally to raise awareness about human rights abuses in China.
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Baloch Human Rights Council questions Canada for silence on killing of act
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Karima Baloch was a Baloch human rights activist and a dissident. She was granted asylum in Canada in 2016. She was found dead after having gone missing in Dec 2020 in Toronto.
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