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Teen sentenced to 6 months in detention centre for rioting during 2019 ant
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): A 16-year-old student has been sentenced to up to six months in a detention centre becoming the first confessed rioter to avoid actual prison time since the 2019 social unrest.
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Microsoft alleges China-based cyber attackers of having accessed its email
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): Microsoft on Tuesday said a sophisticated group of hackers linked to China has hacked into its popular email service that allowed them to gain access to computers.
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Hong Kong probes death of 63-year-old who received Chinese Sinovac jab
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 3 (ANI): Hong Kong health authorities on Tuesday night revealed that they are investigating the death of a chronically ill man after he received China's Sinovac vaccine.
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Taiwanese govt urged to take steps to protect Hong Kong dissidents
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 3 (ANI): Taiwanese students on Tuesday (local time) urged President Tsai Ing-wen's government to take concrete actions to protect Hong Kong political dissidents after 47 pro-democracy figures in the semi-autonomous region were charged last weekend under a new Chinese n
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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months 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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47 dissidents in Hong Kong booked for 'conspiring to subvert state power'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Hong Kong police has charged 47 former opposition lawmakers and activists for conspiring to subvert state power under the draconian national security law in the region.
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China marches on to militarism and totalitarianism
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): There is growing alarm at the inexorable rise of China, both of its military prowess and its aggressive bullying of other countries plus its subjugation of whole portions of its own population.
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China asks Australia to abandon its interference in Hong Kong's affairs
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 2 (ANI): China has condemned Australia for granting protection visas to Hong Kong passport holders in December and asked Canberra to abandon its interference in Hong Kong's affairs.
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Xinjiang records sharp drop in birth rate amid growing focus on Uyghur gen
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 1 (ANI): Amid growing criticism over human right abuses by the Beijing, population statistics published by the Chinese government shows a significant drop in birth rates in Xinjiang province.
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US calls for release of Hong Kong democracy campaigners
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States on Sunday (local time) called on Beijing to release pro-democratic leaders detained in Hong Kong, who are charged under the stringent national security law, over their participation in a primary election for the now-postponed Legislative C
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Rights group targets China, highlights atrocities in Tibet, East Turkistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): A pro-Tibet group named Global Alliance For Tibet and Persecuted Minorities (GMPM) held a panel discussion on February 28 to highlight ongoing human right abuses in Tibet, East Turkistan and Hong Kong.
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China to step up global influence campaign amid rising discontent: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 1 (ANI): Facing disapproval around the world over a slew of issues including Xinjiang, Hong Kong, coronavirus handling and Indo-Pacific, Beijing is expected to step up its global influence campaign after the Communist Party of China (CPC) issued revised regulations
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