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Free Taiwan will continue to support freedom in Hong Kong, says President
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 25 (ANI): Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday expressed regret over the closure of the Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong and said a free Taiwan will continue to support freedom for Hong Kong.
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Sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong, world: Biden on Apple Daily's shut
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): When Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily closed its doors after 26 years due to government crackdown, US President Joe Biden on Thursday termed it as a sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world.
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People throng overnight to buy last edition of Hong Kong's pro-democracy n
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 24 (ANI): Scores of Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy a copy of Hong Kong's Apple Daily pro-democracy newspaper's last-ever edition which is to be closed its final chapter on Thursday.
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5.6 magnitude quake hits 253 km S of Ambon, Indonesia
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 24 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 253 km south of Ambon, Indonesia at 2.24 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Dozens of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hongkongers stage protest in US against Beiji
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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Reporters Without Borders condemns closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily due
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 24 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a France-based non-profit aimed at safeguarding the right to freedom of information, on Wednesday condemned the closure of Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, following an intense crackdown by the government.
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Hundreds from Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Kong communities protest in France aga
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 24 (ANI): Hundreds of people from the Tibetan, Mongolian, Uyghur, Vietnamese, Hong Kong and Taiwanese communities staged a protest at the Bastille square in Paris on Wednesday, demanding the boycott of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over human rights violat
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Calls for boycott of Beijing Olympics over Chinese repression intensify, p
Updated : 4 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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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