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EU has certain redlines in its relationship with China: Portugal Foreign M
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Portugal Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva has said that the European Union has certain redlines in its relationship with China and cannot be silent concerning human rights violations in Xinjiang, squeezing of democratic space in Hong Kong and cannot acc
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Committee to Protect Journalists confer press freedom award on Hong Kong's
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 23 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said it will honour Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned founder of Hong Kong's Next Digital media company and Apple Daily newspaper, with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award.
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China opposes UN rights chief's remarks on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): The Chinese Mission to the United Nations has opposed the remarks made by the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights on Hong Kong and Xinjiang-related issues at the Human Rights Council on Monday.
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Over 400 Hongkongers seeking asylum abroad after imposition of national se
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 22 (ANI): Amid protests against the new security law in Hong Kong, over 400 citizens are planning to seek asylum abroad after the imposition of the draconian legislation by China.
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Alas and a LAC - The Sino-Indian border a year on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 22 (ANI): It is now a year since Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the bloodiest confrontation in decades between the two powers. Since that time, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been extremely busy consolidating and strengthenin
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How five Hong Kong anti-govt protesters escaped persecution by Chinese aut
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Hong Kong's Apple Daily may halt publication on Saturday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily could stop publishing on Saturday if the city authorities continue to keep its assets frozen after arresting five executives under the draconian National Security Law.
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Closely monitoring 'chilling impact' of National Security Law on Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said that the United Nations is closely monitoring the impact that National Security Law had on the civic and democratic space of Hong Kong.
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High-flying battery makers have much to win and lose: S&P
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings said on Monday the world's biggest battery producers globally face substantial upside and downside risks to ratings.
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Hong Kong's opposition Civic Party rocked by resignation of 11 councillors
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): With eleven councillors' resignation on Sunday, Hong Kong's opposition Civic Party has lost about two-thirds of its remaining district councillors ahead of a requirement to pledge allegiance to the city and its mini-constitution or face disqualification.
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Apple Daily crackdown "sent shudders across media industry", says Hong Kon
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): After 500 police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest executives and top editors, a Hong-Kong based reporter on Sunday said that the incident has "sent shudders" throughout the media industry.
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Exiled dissidents hold protest outside FATF headquarters to move Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 19 (ANI): Exiled dissidents belonging to Baloch, Pashtun, Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Konger Communities protested outside the headquarters of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris on Saturday urging the international monitoring body to move Pakistan from the grey
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