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Living in Hong Kong suffocating, say those fleeing to UK
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 26 (ANI): People who have fled Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, following the imposition of the draconian National Security Law by Beijing, said that is suffocating to live in the city.
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EU risks losing credibility with China deal amid crackdown in Hong Kong, s
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 23 (ANI): The European Union risks losing credibility as a human rights actor by signing an investment deal with China and not taking concrete action against serious and ongoing human rights violations in Hong Kong, according to a resolution in the European Parlia
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New Hong Kong Bar Association head calls mass Opposition arrests as 'obvio
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 23 (ANI): The new head of Hong Kong's Bar Association Paul Harris said the arrest of 55 opposition figures by the police under the draconian National Security Law is an attempt to intimidate the city's democratic movement.
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Hong Kong pushes for surveillance cameras in classrooms to monitor teacher
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): In order to further clamp down on dissent against the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong, pro-establishment lawmakers argued on Friday that surveillance cameras should be installed in Hong Kong schools to monitor teachers' speech.
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London slams Beijing for threatening to withdraw recognition of British ov
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 21 (ANI): London has lambasted Beijing over its threat to stop recognising the British National (Overseas) [BN (O)] passport as a valid travel document, a proposed reprisal against the Western nation for offering Hongkongers a pathway to citizenship in order to escape the
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Hong Kong calls US sanctions over opposition arrests 'insane, shameless an
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 16 (ANI): The Hong Kong government on Saturday hit out at the United States for imposing stringent sanctions against six officials for their role in implementing the Beijing-imposed draconian National Security Law as "insane, shameless and despicable".
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Four suspects accused of helping Hong Kong activists escape, released on b
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 16 (ANI): At least four suspects were released on bail on Friday after being accused of helping Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors who tried to escape to Taiwan in wake of the draconian National Security Law imposed by Beijing.
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US sanctions 6 officials for their role in Hong Kong mass arrests under ne
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) has designated six Chinese and Hong Kong officials in connection with the National Security Law imposed in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong internet service provider admits blocking pro-democracy website
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 15 (ANI): As China continues to crack down on dissent, a telecom company has admitted to blocking one of the most popular websites devoted to the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong police detain 11 for aiding pro-democracy activists' escape atte
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 14 (ANI): The Hong Kong national security police have arrested a lawyer, a Ukrainian man and nine others on suspicion of bankrolling an attempt by 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors to flee the city in order to escape to Taiwan amid Beijing's imposition of the draconian
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Hong Kong accuses West of 'double standards' for condemning mass arrests
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 10 (ANI): As the US, UK, Australia and Canada jointly condemned the mass arrests of over 50 politicians and activists in Hong Kong under Beijing's draconian National Security Law, Hong Kong has responded stating that the security law applied to every person in the city and
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US, UK, Australia, Canada jointly condemn mass arrests of politicians in H
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, along with foreign ministers of Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom on Saturday (local time) expressed serious concern on the mass arrests of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong, and called on Chinese authori
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