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Former Mali PM charged over social media post supporting political prisone
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former Mali PM Moussa Mara has been jailed for a social media post supporting political prisoners. He faces charges of undermining state authority and spreading false information. His trial is set for September 29, amid growing repression under Mali's military rulers following recent pro-dem
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Hong Kong activist convicted for involvement in pro-democracy demonstratio
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A social worker and rights activist, Jackie Chen, was found guilty of participating in a riot during Hong Kong's 2019 pro-democracy protests, as reported by Radio Free Asia(RFA).
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China's New Security Law enforces its grip on Hong Kong: 27-year-old faces
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Chu was arrested on June 12 while wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" and a yellow mask with "FDNOL," an abbreviation for another protest slogan, "five demands, not one less." These slogans were prominent during the large-scale and somet
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Thailand elections today: Young voters call for change in military-dominat
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Voting is scheduled to begin at 8 am (01:00 GMT) on Sunday and will conclude at 5 pm (10:00 GMT). About 52 million voters will choose members of a new 500-seat House of Representatives for the next four years.
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3 Hong Kong activists behind pro-democracy protests jailed for 4.5 months
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong were convicted of failing to comply with a notice from national security police demanding information. They were leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and were found guilty last week.
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Hong Kong's ranks slide in new human rights survey
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 25 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that the human rights situation in the city has deteriorated since Beijing's crackdown after the pro-democracy protests of 2019.
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Tiananmen activist, lawyer stabbed to death by client in US
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI): A New York-based lawyer, popularly known as the key participant in the pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989, Jim Li was stabbed to death by a client after his decision to stop working with her.
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After perplexing silence over China's dismal human rights, New Zealand wak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 11 (ANI): New Zealand, which is usually outspoken on human rights matters in general has remained largely silent on the China's concentration camps thinly veiled as "re-education camps" for the Uyghur Muslims.
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China steps up efforts to influence media coverage, global narrative about
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI): China in the last few years have significantly increased its efforts to influence media coverage and the global narrative about itself, a new report states.
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen Massacre museum shuts over licensing probe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 2 (ANI): Ahead of its 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, Hong Kong's June 4th Museum that commemorates China's deadly crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing has been temporarily closed.
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Hong Kong youths stare at bleak future amid Chinese crackdown
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 28 (ANI): The crackdown by pro-Chinese authorities following last year's anti-government protests has affected young people, including students or college-educated, in Hong Kong and filled their future with dim job prospects and the unending threat of another arrest.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democracy pro
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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