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Calls for boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese repression intensify, p
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 23 (ANI): A protest was held on Wednesday near Parliament House in Australia, calling for a boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics amid ongoing Chinese genocide against Uyghur Muslims and the severe repression in Tibet, Southern Mongolia, Hong
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Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper to print its last edition on Thursday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 23 (ANI): Hong Kong's Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper on Wednesday announced that it is shutting its operations earlier than expected and will stop publishing online from midnight.
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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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Rights groups call for boycott of Beijing 2022 games on International Olym
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 23 (ANI): A group of campaigners representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Southern Mongolian, Hongkonger and Taiwanese people will hold rallies in over 60 global cities, calling on world leaders, Olympic bodies and sponsors to boycott Beijing 2022 Games.
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Committee to Protect Journalists confer press freedom award on Hong Kong's
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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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