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Beijing has more means to suppress protests than 1989 Tiananmen crackdown:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Shanghai, China's biggest city and financial centre, began publicly protesting the government's strict Covid-19 measures and denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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Atleast 448 killed in Iran protests over Mahsa Amini's death: Rights group
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Iranian Security Forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests held in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The protests began in mid-September and witnessed clashes, and killings of demonstrators in large numbers.
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China's security forces mobilise, intensify patrolling to put end to Covid
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After ongoing protests in China against the zero covid policy have grabbed global attention, the security forces in the country have started to mobilise to call off the demonstrations by strict patrolling on streets.
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Bihar BJP leader Vijay Kumar Sinha supports students' demand for CBI inqui
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hundreds of aspirants staged a sit-in protest outside the BPSC office as a mark of their protest against alleged irregularities in the examination
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Protests rock Kolkata hospital as student dies after being shifted
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The protest took place a day after a second-year medical student and hosteller, identified as Priyaranjan Singh, allegedly attempted suicide at the hostel on Monday night.
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YSRTP chief Sharmila's car towed away with her sitting inside by Hyderabad
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Before Sharmila was detained, Police dragged away her car with the help of a crane, even as she was sitting inside it protesting against the Telangana CM KCR.
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Refusal to sing national anthem not a sign of anti-hijab protest, says Ira
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In an interview with ANI, Jebelli said, "All Iranians are free to express their opinions about different events in Iran or outside Iran but I don't think that Iranian players refusing to sing the national anthem was a sign of supporting the anti-hijab protest."
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'I Wanna See a Movie!': New viral chant for China protesters against Covid
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a report by US-based entertainment outlet The Hollywood Reporter, a video went viral across the Chinese social media portal 'WeChat' where purported protesters from Shanghai are seen chanting, "I Wanna See a Movie!"
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China should respect people's right to peaceful protest: Human Rights Watc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Shanghai, China's biggest city and financial center, began publicly protesting the government's strict Covid-19 measures and denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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Guarantee right to demonstrate: UN to China amid COVID protests
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hundreds of protestors demonstrated in cities across China against President Xi Jinping's zero-Covid strategy, with some of them even calling for his removal. "Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!" CNN quoted some people as yelling during a protest in the financial hub of Shang
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China's stringent COVID curbs flare up public anger against ruling Communi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Several videos circulating on social media have shown a crowd chanting the slogan "Communist Party step down, Down with Xi Jinping" in unison over a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region that has unleashed excessive public outrage.
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Protests against zero-covid policy become 'biggest rebellion' in China's h
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The public outrage against CCP rule and torturous zero-covid policy has been observed across several cities of China including Beijing and Shanghai which are the trade hubs of the country. People in Xinjiang, as well as Lhasa, were also seen, according to several videos circulating on social
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