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Hong Kong protests marked by demonstrators' coordinated efforts to outwit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 18 (ANI): Latest protests in Hong Kong against the controversial bill that threatens to send criminal suspects to mainland China for prosecution, were marked by unprecedented and coordinated efforts by demonstrators to stay a step ahead of government surveillance and identific
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Bihar: RJD to hold state-wide protests over AES deaths
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jun 17 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Mritunjay Tiwari on Monday said that his party has decided to hold protests across Bihar on June 24 in the wake of deaths of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).
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Delhi: Protests held outside Bihar Bhawan after AES claims 100 lives in Mu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 17 (ANI): People gathered outside the Bihar Bhawan here on Monday to protest against the dying of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.
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Hong Kong: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong released from jail
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 17 (ANI): Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, was freed from prison on Monday, a day after authorities said around two billion protesters took to streets to march against a controversial bill that would send criminal suspects to mainland China for persecution.
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Hong Kong: Protests underway despite suspension of controversial bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 16 (ANI): Thousands of protestors took to streets on Sunday demanding the permanent scrapping of the controversial bill that threatens to send criminal suspects to mainland China for prosecution, a day after the city government suspended it indefinitely.
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Army shifting two new formations to Shimla in replacement of Training Comm
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 14 (ANI): Amid protests from the Congress and locals over shifting of the Army Training Command from Shimla, senior sources in the force said two new formations would be deployed there and the number of troops posted there may be higher than ever before.
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Baloch organisations use reverse graffiti to protest against human rights
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Jun 13 (ANI): Baloch activists from the World Baloch Organisation (WBO) and the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) organised reverse-graffiti protests (also called 'clean graffiti') in various spots around the London city centre in the early hours of Thursday.
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Hong Kong: Govt offices shut down due to mass protests over controversial
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 13 (ANI): Authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday closed government offices after mass protests intensified against a controversial extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for criminal prosecution.
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Hong Kong protests: Police fire rubber bullets, use batons to disperse agi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): Local police wearing anti-riot gear on Wednesday used a range of weapons, including rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and batons, on protesters who intensified demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill which would allow criminal suspects in the ci
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Hong Kong protest: Legislative Council meeting postponed; pepper spray use
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): The Legislative Council meeting, during which a debate on the controversial Chinese extradition bill was supposed to be held, has been rescheduled to a "later time" by the President of the Legislative Council.
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Hong Kong: 5,000 personnel deployed as anti-extradition bill protests inte
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): Swathes of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Wednesday, continuing demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill which would allow criminal suspects in the city to be sent to mainland China for trial.
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Russia drops drug charges against journalist after outcry over arrest
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jun 12 (ANI): Russia on Tuesday dropped drug charges against investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, whose arrest sparked off protests across the country.
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