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Chinese consulate staff clash with journalist over Hong Kong protest graff
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
On Saturday afternoon, four staff members encircled RFA Cantonese Service reporter Matthew Leung after he began taking photos of them erasing slogans painted in white on the sidewalk outside the Chinese consulate on Denison Road in Manchester.
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First protest held in Hong Kong in two years under strict rules
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong held the first authorized protest on Sunday against the government since lifting of major COVID-19 restrictions over the proposal for reclamation in the district for construction or relocation of obnoxious facilities, according to The Standard, A Hong Kong-based free newspaper.
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Hong Kong protest song played at sports event instead of Chinese anthem
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A pro-democracy protest song Glory to Hong Kong was played at a sports event in Bosnia and Herzegovina in place of the Chinese anthem titled China's March of the Volunteers on Tuesday night, Hong Kong Free Press reported.
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China recalls six diplomats after UK demands to wave immunity
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On October 16, a group of people reportedly dragged a Hong Kong protester into the premises of the Chinese Consulate in Manchester and beat him up. The man was hospitalized with injuries, including cuts below his eye.
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Foreign missions share Tiananmen crackdown tributes on anniversary
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI): Foreign consulates in Hong Kong, including ones of the US, UK, and EU shared tributes to the Tiananmen dead on the 33rd anniversary of the crackdown, as they ignored warnings from Beijing's foreign office.
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Rights groups call on China to release Taiwanese man who attended Hong Kon
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 1 (ANI): Human rights groups have slammed China over restrictions being imposed on Taiwan businessman Lee Meng-chu after his release from jail.
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Members of student publication resign en masse citing pressure from Hong K
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong January 31 (ANI): Members of a student publication at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have collectively resigned citing interference from the university after receiving complaints.
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Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker urges UK authorities to order probe into attack on p
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [US], November 30 (ANI): A former Hong Kong lawmaker has urged the concerned authorities to undertake measures to counter 'foreign infiltration', after a group of miscreants attacked Hong Kong protesters in UK's Chinatown.
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Dozens of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers stage protest in US against Beiji
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong activists gathered outside the White House to protest against the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and to call for a complete boycott.
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How five Hong Kong anti-govt protesters escaped persecution by Chinese aut
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 22 (ANI): Almost a year after five anti-government protesters fled Hong Kong in July 2020 to escape unfair prosecution and inevitable imprisonment for their roles in the 2019 demonstrations, they seem to have finally found freedom in the United States.
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Unemployed Hong Kong protestor jailed for 28 months for supporting Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 19 (ANI): An Unemployed pro-democracy protester was jailed for 28 months for rioting and assaulting police at a rally in support of Uygurs in Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democracy pro
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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