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US to stand up for democratic values when human rights are violated in Xin
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): The United States continues to stand up for democratic values when human rights are being violated in Xinjiang, Tibet, and elsewhere in China, and autonomy is being trampled in Hong Kong, said Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson on Monday (local ti
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UK demands UN address human rights violations in China
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], February 22 (ANI): UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab called on the UN Human Rights Council on Monday to address the human rights violations in China stating that the international body does not "consistently" pinpoint areas of the prevalence of the most pressing human rights issu
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Fitch rates REC Ltd's proposed USD notes BBB-minus
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Hong Kong, Feb 22 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has assigned REC Ltd's proposed senior unsecured notes a rating of BBB-negative.
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Exiled dissidents protest outside FATF headquarters to urge blacklisting P
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Paris [France] February 20 (ANI): Exiled dissidents from Pakistan, Tibet and Hong Kong gathered outside the headquarters of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in Paris on Saturday urging the international monitoring body to blacklist Pakistan and deliver on its mandate of stopping terror
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail again
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 18 (ANI): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying will remain in custody after being denied bail Thursday by the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Xinhua reported.
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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested again: Report
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 17 (ANI): Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying has been arrested again in connection with the case related to 12 Hong Kongers who tried to flee to Taiwan, South China Morning Post reported citing local newspaper he owns.
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Ahead of FATF meet, communities living in exile in France to hold protest
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], February 15 (ANI): Ahead of the scheduled meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), dissidents living in exile in France have planned to hold a protest on February 20 against Pakistan-China nexus in terror financing, money laundering and financial corruption in Pakis
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China Coast Guard gains new powers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 15 (ANI): The Chinese government rammed through a new domestic law on 22 January 2021 giving the China Coast Guard (CCG) greater authority, a move that will boost tensions in the South China, East China and Yellow Seas.
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EU urges China to reverse ban on BBC, says it violates Chinese constitutio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 14 (ANI): Asserting that it is strongly committed to safeguarding media freedom, the European Union (EU) said China should reverse its ban on BBC World News as it violated both the Chinese constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Hong Kong lawyers oppose greater powers to immigration director to stop re
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Hong Kong, February 13 (ANI): Lawyers in Hong Kong have expressed concern over the city's government's proposal of giving "apparently unfettered power" to the immigration director to stop anyone from leaving the city.
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After China, Hong Kong bans BBC World Service
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 13 (ANI): Hong Kong public broadcaster has announced that it would no longer relay the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) programmes, shortly after China banned the British public broadcaster "within Chinese territory".
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China's push for homegrown chipmakers leads to multimillion-dollar investm
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 13 (ANI): China has the ambition to create a "national champion" in the semiconductor industry, however, this desire has led to a series of reckless investments in poorly planned projects, many of which went bankrupt within a couple of years after swiping multimilli
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