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US lambasts China over poor treatment of 'Hong Kong 12', demands immediate
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Thursday, while lambasting the Chinese Communist Party for the treatment to a group of 12 pro-democracy protestors who tried to flee Taiwan in wake of Beijing's imposition of the draconian National Security Law, ca
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Hong Kong tycoon and Beijing-critic Jimmy Lai ordered back to jail pending
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 31 (ANI): Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been ordered back to jail on Thursday as the city's highest court sided with the prosecution's request to deny him bail, Al Jazeera reported.
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EU slams China for unfair trial of 10 Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 29 (ANI): The European Union on Tuesday slammed Beijing for human rights violations against 10 political activists from Hong Kong who tried to escape to Taiwan, urging authorities to ensure a fair trial and called for an immediate release of the Shenzen 12.
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Canada calls for transparency in trial of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy prote
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottowa [Canada], December 29 (ANI): Ottawa has voiced its concern over the judicial procedures performed by Beijing on 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists - also known as the Shenzen 12 -- who were detained in Shenzhen in August while attempting to flee to Taiwan as the Chinese Communist Pa
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Hong Kong police launches search for 30 pro-democracy activists living ove
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 27 (ANI): Hong Kong police have launched a search for 30 pro-democracy activists, including former lawmakers Ted Hui Chi-fung and Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang, living abroad over violation of the city's draconian National Security Law.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai granted bail
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 24 (ANI): Media tycoon and Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner -- who was charged under the draconian National Security Law -- has been granted bail and allowed to return to his home.
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CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijing's exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo sai
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Hong Kong student activist found guilty of participating in pro-democracy
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], December 12 (ANI): As China continues to clamp down on Hong Kong pro-democracy activism, a student activist, Tony Chung Hon-lam, was found guilty of flag desecration and participation in a protest over the now-withdrawn extradition bill last year.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow denied bail by High Court
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 9 (ANI): A day after eight Hong Kong legislators were arrested for their involvement in pro-democracy protests across the region, activist Agnes Chow Ting has been denied bail pending her appeal of a 10-month prison sentence for her role in a siege of police headquarters
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Biden's aide 'deeply concerned' over China's assault on Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 9 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden's proposed National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that he was 'deeply concerned' about the imprisonment of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong in wake of the draconian National Security Law imposed by the Chinese Comm
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Hong Kong Police arrest 8 more activists, including Leung Kwok-hung
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 8 (ANI): Eight Hong Kong legislators have been arrested a day after eight people were held over a protest on a university campus last month.
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Urge citizens of India to support BJP's 'pro-democracy movement' in West B
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], December 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya on Monday urged the citizens of India to support the pro-democracy movement of his party against the "dictatorial" regime by West Bengal
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