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Hong Kong protests: Early clashes witnessed between police and demonstrato
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): Clashes broke out between Hong Kong Police and anti-government demonstrators on Monday morning ahead of what is expected to be a massive pro-democracy rally on the 22nd anniversary of city's handover from British rule to China.
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Hong Kong protesters take to streets of Osaka to appeal for G20 leaders' s
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], June 28 (ANI): Thousands of Hong Kong protesters took to the streets in Japan's Osaka, where the G20 Summit is underway, on Friday to appeal for the support from the G20 leaders in their fight against a controversial extradition bill.
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China to not allow Hong Kong protests to be brought up at G20
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], Jun 24 (ANI): Beijing would not allow the Hong Kong protests to be brought up at the G20 meeting, a top Chinese Foreign Ministry official has said, in response to the statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicating that Donald Trump may raise the recent mass demo
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Hong Kong: Protestors end 15-hour long siege of police headquarters amid b
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 22 (ANI): Thousands of protestors here in the wee hours of Saturday morning ended their 15-hour siege of the city's police headquarters after putting up demonstrations demanding complete withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill and exoneration of demonstrators arrested
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Hong Kong: Carrie Lam publicly apologises for extradition bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 18 (ANI): Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader, Carrie Lam, on Tuesday publicly apologised for having proposed controversial legislation that would allow criminal suspects to mainland China for persecution.
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Hong Kong protests marked by demonstrators' coordinated efforts to outwit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 18 (ANI): Latest protests in Hong Kong against the controversial bill that threatens to send criminal suspects to mainland China for prosecution, were marked by unprecedented and coordinated efforts by demonstrators to stay a step ahead of government surveillance and identific
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Hong Kong: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong released from jail
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 17 (ANI): Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, was freed from prison on Monday, a day after authorities said around two billion protesters took to streets to march against a controversial bill that would send criminal suspects to mainland China for persecution.
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Hong Kong: Protests underway despite suspension of controversial bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 16 (ANI): Thousands of protestors took to streets on Sunday demanding the permanent scrapping of the controversial bill that threatens to send criminal suspects to mainland China for prosecution, a day after the city government suspended it indefinitely.
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Hong Kong: Govt offices shut down due to mass protests over controversial
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 13 (ANI): Authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday closed government offices after mass protests intensified against a controversial extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for criminal prosecution.
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Hong Kong protests: Police fire rubber bullets, use batons to disperse agi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): Local police wearing anti-riot gear on Wednesday used a range of weapons, including rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and batons, on protesters who intensified demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill which would allow criminal suspects in the ci
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Hong Kong protest: Legislative Council meeting postponed; pepper spray use
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): The Legislative Council meeting, during which a debate on the controversial Chinese extradition bill was supposed to be held, has been rescheduled to a "later time" by the President of the Legislative Council.
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Violence erupts during Hong Kong protest against China extradition bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong [Hong Kong], Jun 10 (ANI): Scenes of violence between police forces and demonstrators were witnessed outside Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Sunday during a protest march against the recently proposed extradition rules by the Chinese government.
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