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"Transnational repression": US condemns Hong Kong over arrest warrants aga
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The United States condemned the Hong Kong government for issuing arrest warrants and bounties against six overseas democracy activists. The US Department of State called these actions as "transnational repression" that threatens US sovereignty, human rights, freedom of expression.
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Human Rights Watch urges Hong Kong to overturn convictions of journalists,
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights watchdog, urged the Hong Kong government to overturn the politically motivated convictions of two journalists and stop its attack on media freedom as concerns over the National Security Law continues to persist in the China-controll
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Places where citizens can gather, pray, discuss developments shrinking in
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 15 (ANI): A small group on Sunday gathered near an altar at the Hong Kong Government headquarters and prayed for the activists and protesters arrested in the city. But now spaces where citizens can gather, pray and discuss developments are growing scarce in Hong Kong after Chi
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G7 voices concern over selection of new Hong Kong chief
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], May 9 (ANI): Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) alliance voiced concern on Monday over the election of a former police officer as Hong Kong's new leader, calling it part of a continued "assault on political pluralism and fundamental freedoms" of the city.
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Hong Kong continues tracing COVID-19 through sewage surveillance
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, May 1 (ANI): Hong Kong government on Sunday announced that the COVID-19 virus has recently been detected in sewage samples from some areas in the city, indicating that there may be hidden cases on the premises.
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Hong Kong leaders struggle to control resurgent COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 20 (ANI): With the COVID-19 cases rapidly rising, the Hong Kong administration is finding itself unable to manage the pandemic with some fearing the government's failure to get the virus under control has accelerated Beijing's creeping authority over the semi-autonomous terr
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Hong Kong's media is a changing landscape, no one knows where the 'red lin
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 27 (ANI): China controlled government's implementation of the National Security Law has upended Hong Kong's political environment in the past year, according to several media reports.
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'Rights and freedoms are not absolute': HK govt after universities tore do
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 26 (ANI): After local universities tore down Tiananmen Massacre monuments, the Hong Kong government has said that "rights and freedoms are not absolute".
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Hong Kong: 16 more pro-democracy councillors ousted over loyalty oaths
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 22 (ANI): The pro-Chinese Hong Kong government has disqualified another 16 district councillors from the New Territories following the final oaths of loyalty ceremony.
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Hong Kong govt ousts 7 pro-democracy district councillors over 'invalid' l
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 18 (ANI): Hong Kong government has ousted seven pro-democracy district councillors over the issue of "invalid" oath to bear allegiance to the city.
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Hong Kong: Organisers of Tiananmen Massacre vigil may be ousted from Comp
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 13 (ANI): Hong Kong government has continued their crackdown against organisers of the annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil. In the latest move, the authorities have indicated that the organisers may soon be ousted from the Companies Registry.
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2,000 Hong Kong civil servants quit in 2020-21, the highest in 15 years
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, May 15 (ANI): Nearly 2,000 civil servants quit working for the Hong Kong government in 2020-21, the highest annual figure in at least 15 years, South China Morning Post reported.
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