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US condemns China's move to alter Hong Kong's electoral system
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): As China prepares to alter Hong Kong's electoral system, the United States has condemned the continued assaults on the city's democratic institutions.
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'One country, two systems', other key Hong Kong phrases removed from China
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 5 (ANI): Less than a year after China imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, the phrases 'one country, two systems', 'Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong' and 'high degree of autonomy' have been removed from a report of Beijing's annual
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China moves to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system: Report
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 4 (ANI): Less than a year after imposing the draconian national Security Law, China on Thursday launched a legislative process for drastic electoral system reform in Hong Kong, which could benefit the pro-establishment camp and further smother the political opposition
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32 pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong as bail denied by judge
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 4 (ANI): A Hong Kong court on Thursday denied bail to 32 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged under a Beijing draconian national security law (NSL) after a four-day marathon court hearing.
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Taiwanese govt urged to take steps to protect Hong Kong dissidents
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 3 (ANI): Taiwanese students on Tuesday (local time) urged President Tsai Ing-wen's government to take concrete actions to protect Hong Kong political dissidents after 47 pro-democracy figures in the semi-autonomous region were charged last weekend under a new Chinese n
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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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47 dissidents in Hong Kong booked for 'conspiring to subvert state power'
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Hong Kong police has charged 47 former opposition lawmakers and activists for conspiring to subvert state power under the draconian national security law in the region.
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US calls for release of Hong Kong democracy campaigners
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States on Sunday (local time) called on Beijing to release pro-democratic leaders detained in Hong Kong, who are charged under the stringent national security law, over their participation in a primary election for the now-postponed Legislative C
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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EU escalates condemnation of China's crackdown on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 24 (ANI): The European Union has escalated its condemnation of Beijing's political crackdown under the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong but stopped short of rolling out major sanctions on the city's officials for the continued repression of opposition
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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested again: Report
Updated : 5 years, 4 months 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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Hong Kong lawyers oppose greater powers to immigration director to stop re
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
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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