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Democracy, respect for fundamental freedoms best paths for stability in Ho
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], September 8 (ANI): Taking a dig at Beijing over its authoritarian policies in Hong Kong, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said Democracy, respect for fundamental freedoms, and government accountability to the people are the best paths to stability in the er
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289 people in Hong Kong held for violating security law
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 7 (ANI): At least 289 people have been arrested for allegedly violating the national security law in Hong Kong as protestors took to the streets protesting the draconian law imposed by mainland China in June.
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Nearly 90 people in Hong Kong held allegedly for violating security law
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 6 (ANI): At least 90 people have been arrested allegedly for violating the national security law in Hong Kong as protestors took to the streets against the draconian law imposed by mainland China in June.
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Chinese authorities arrest 12 people, including pro-democracy activist, se
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Tokyo [Japan], Aug 29 (ANI): Chinese authorities have arrested 12 people, including a pro-democracy activist, who were secretly heading to Taiwan by sea.
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US suspends 3 bilateral agreements with China over National Security Law
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): In another blow to China for its continued violation of human rights in Hong Kong, the United States has suspended three bilateral agreements with the Chinese Communist Party.
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'Draconian' secuirty law not a solution for Hong Kong's crisis: Outgoing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 19 (ANI): The "draconian" national security law of Hong Kong is not a solution to the city's political crisis, according to outgoing European Union diplomat Carmen Cano adding who says she observed "growing fear and self-censorship" among Hongkongers.
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3 top leaders of Chinese Communist Party have relatives who own assets in
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Hong Kong, August 13 (ANI): The three top leaders of Chinese Communist Party including President Xi Jinping, have relatives who own assets in Hong Kong, an investigation by the New York Times revealed.
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Police take Hong Kong media tycoon to his yacht as part of national securi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 11 (ANI): Hong Kong police on Tuesday took media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was arrested a day earlier under the draconian national security law, to his yacht as part of ongoing investigation.
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Keeping a close watch on grave situation in Hong Kong: Japan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Aug 11 (ANI): A day after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested for breaching the national security law, the Japanese government has said that it is keeping a close watch on the situation in Hong Kong.
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O'Brien urges China to repeal national security law, restore Hong Kong's r
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 11 (ANI): A day after Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested for breaching the national security law, US National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien urged China to repeal the national security law and restore Hong Kong's rule of law immediately.
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Pompeo 'troubled' by reports of arrest of Jimmy Lai, says it is further pr
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 11 (ANI): US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo on Monday said that he was "troubled" by reports of the arrest of Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, under the draconian national security law in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong media tycoon arrested under national security law
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Aug 10 (ANI): Continuing with the ruthless suppression of the dissenting voices in Hong Kong since the national security law was imposed, Jimmy Lai, a media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was arrested on Monday on charges of "collusion with a foreign country".
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