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UK Foreign Secretary welcomes US offer of safe haven to Hong Kongers
Updated : 4 years, 7 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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Grant special visas to Afghan staff at risk from Taliban: UK media urges P
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK] August 5 (ANI): A coalition of UK news organisations on Wednesday wrote a letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, demanding to provide special visas to "Afghan staff who have worked for the British media so that they and their families can le
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Myanmar's junta must return elected govt, respect democratic will of peopl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 3 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday (local time) condemned the extension of the state of emergency in Myanmar and said that the junta must hand back control to an elected government and respect the democratic will of the people of the country.
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UK Carrier Strike Group on way for exercises with Indian Navy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, has sailed into the Indian Ocean Region having recently transited the Suez Canal.
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Jaishankar, UK Foreign Secretary discuss regional issues, COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 29 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and held a discussion over progress in Afghanistan and the situation in Myanmar.
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Switzerland: Uyghurs, Tibetan activists protest outside Olympic Museum aga
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 24 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghurs and Tibetan activists gathered outside the Olympic Museum in Lausanne city here to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
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EU, UK slap fresh sanctions on Myanmar individuals, entities related to mi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 22 (ANI): The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom on Monday slapped fresh sanctions on Myanmar state-owned entities and individuals related to the February 1 coup and the subsequent violent repression of peaceful protesters.
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China 'targeting dissenting voices' in Hong Kong: UK Foreign Secretary
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 17 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday accused China of targeting dissenting voices in Hong Kong after the authorities of the semi-autonomous region arrested the chief editor and four directors of a pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper under draconian securi
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UK welcomes UN court decision to uphold Mladic's life sentence
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab on Tuesday welcomed a UN court appeal judgment upholding the life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Srebrenica over two decades ago.
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UK Foreign Secretary Raab restates concerns over Hong Kong, Xinjiang in ca
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 28 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, during his telephonic conversation with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, underlined Britain's deep concern at the situation in Hong Kong and the need for the United Nations to have "unfettered access" to Xinjiang.
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Almaty: Kazakhs protesting for over 100 days against their relatives' dete
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], May 20 (ANI): The relatives of Kazakh people, who have been detained in "re-education camps" in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, have been protesting for over 100 days in the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.
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UN members ask China to give 'unfettered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI): A group of United Nations members has asked China to grant "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" for the group's human rights chief to Xinjiang to inspect human rights abuses of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
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