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World must stand in solidarity with the Hong Kongers: Joshua Wong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 6 (ANI): The world must stand in solidarity with the Hong Kongers, said pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong on Monday outside a court where he along with several other campaigners were being prosecuted for their involvement in demonstrations last year.
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Hong Kong Police warn pro-democracy politicians against using banned prote
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 6 (ANI): Following the imposition of national security law in Hong Kong, the pro-China Hong Kong government is busy muzzling any form of slogans or voices that might anger Beijing.
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Hong Kong libraries pull out books by pro-democracy activists for review
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 5 (ANI): Hong Kong libraries have taken at least nine titles written by localist or democracy advocates out of circulation for conducting a review of whether the books run afoul of the new national security law, South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy books suspended from lending
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 5 (ANI): The pro-China Carrie Lam government has started implementing the national security law to quash dissent as after banning the annual pro-democracy march in Hong Kong, the government in its latest move has started suspending the lending of several books written by p
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DNA samples collected from 10 people arrested over security law: Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 4 (ANI): DNA samples were collected from 10 people arrested over the controversial national security law on July 1, confirmed Hong Kong Police.
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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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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law leaves homeland after China pa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 3 (ANI): With China imposing the national security law in Hong Kong, several pro-democracy activists are fleeing their homeland.
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Hong Kong Police arrest over 370 people for using their freedom of speech
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 2 (ANI): On the first day after China passed the national security law, the Hong Kong Police arrested over 370 people for participating in the pro-democracy march.
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Hong Kong Police bans annual July 1 pro-democracy protests after China pas
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 1 (ANI): Hours after China passed the controversial national security law, the Hong Kong government has started attacking the freedom of speech and expression as for the first time the July 1 annual pro-democracy march has been banned.
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Joshua Wong, other leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy group step down as s
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): Hours after Beijing passed the controversial national security legislation for Hong Kong, activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Jeffrey Ngo and Agnes Chow step-down from the pro-democracy group Demosisto on Tuesday morning.
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Riot police stop peaceful protest in Hong Kong against security law
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong June 28 (ANI): Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters on Sunday vowed to walk silently from Jordan to Mong Kok to demonstrate against impending Hong Kong security law. However, they were stopped by riot police, Hong Kong Free Press reported.
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Hong Kong police bans major protest on security law
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 27 (ANI): Hong Kong police on Saturday banned a major demonstration against China's planned national security law for the city, on the basis of coronavirus social distancing measures and previous unrest, its organiser said on Saturday.
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