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Canada expresses 'serious concern' over China's new security law, warn cit
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], July 4 (ANI): Canada has also joined the international community in expressing "strong concern" over China's new national security legislation in Hong Kong and updated advisory warning citizens from travelling to the special administrative region citing potential impacts of
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First Hong Kong citizen arrested under China's new security law
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 4 (ANI): Days after China passed the national security law, Tong Ying-kit has become the first person to have been arrested for inciting secession and 'terrorism' under the new law, Al Jazeera reported.
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UK promises citizenship to 'eligible' Hong Kongers owing to threat from ne
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): Condemning China's new security law, the British government on Wednesday said it would offer eligible Hong Kong residents a chance to settle in the United Kingdom and ultimately apply for citizenship.
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Hong Kong police make first arrest under new security law
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): Hong Kong police on Wednesday made the first arrest under violation of the law, just a day after China's elite Standing Committee imposed the new national security legislation on the semi-autonomous region, CNN reported.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders express concern over prospect of indefinit
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): Though China has released few details of new Hong Kong security law, authorities have remained tight-lipped whether there is a provision in the legislation that could lead to arrest of a person indefinitely without trial or charge.
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G7 foreign ministers urge China to reconsider new security law on Hong Kon
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) member countries on Wednesday issued a joint statement strongly urging China to reconsider its decision to impose national security legislation on Hong Kong.
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Abe says Japan will lead G7 statement on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that he wants Japan to lead the G7 statement on the situation in Hong Kong condemning China's new security law, media reported.
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US, UK raise concerns on Hong Kong security law in UNSC
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], May 30 (ANI): The United States and the United Kingdom on Friday (local time) raised concerns about China's plans to impose a new security law in Hong Kong at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
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Hong Kong Police fire tear gas at activists protesting China's new securit
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 24 (ANI): Hong Kong police used tear gas on Sunday to disperse protesters as thousands took to the streets to express their outrage at China's plan to adopt new national security law, which the residents consider as a threat to their civil liberties.
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