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US nominates Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for Nobel Peace Prize
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has nominated Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, to honour the demonstrators' struggle against the Beijing imposed draconian national security law.
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Blinken says US should accept refugees fleeing Hong Kong amid draconian la
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (local time) lambasted China over its imposition of the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong saying it acted "egregiously" to undermine the city.
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Beijing hits out at London as British overseas passport process begins
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 1 (ANI): A day after London vowed 'not to look the other way' after Beijing said that it would stop recognising British National Overseas BN (O) passport as a travel or identification document, the Chinese government on Sunday called the move as "the logic of a brazen ban
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China derecognises British National Overseas passport as travel, ID docume
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 29 (ANI): Upping the ante against the United Kingdom, China on Friday said it will stop recognising British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identification documents from Sunday and warned a further retaliation after British authorities launched a new visa
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UK govt upholds 'freedom' of Hong Kongers with new visa scheme
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 29 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Friday pledged to stand by the people of Hong Kong against Chinese crackdown, as it prepares to launch new visa scheme that offers qualified Hong Kong citizens a route to British citizenship.
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Hong Kong and Tibet: A common pattern emerges with both "handovers" to Chi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): With Hong Kong coming under the Chinese government's control, a pattern reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959 is becoming apparent, according to a Hong Kong political scientist.
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Living in Hong Kong suffocating, say those fleeing to UK
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 26 (ANI): People who have fled Hong Kong to the United Kingdom, following the imposition of the draconian National Security Law by Beijing, said that is suffocating to live in the city.
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EU risks losing credibility with China deal amid crackdown in Hong Kong, s
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 23 (ANI): The European Union risks losing credibility as a human rights actor by signing an investment deal with China and not taking concrete action against serious and ongoing human rights violations in Hong Kong, according to a resolution in the European Parlia
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New Hong Kong Bar Association head calls mass Opposition arrests as 'obvio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 23 (ANI): The new head of Hong Kong's Bar Association Paul Harris said the arrest of 55 opposition figures by the police under the draconian National Security Law is an attempt to intimidate the city's democratic movement.
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Hong Kong pushes for surveillance cameras in classrooms to monitor teacher
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 22 (ANI): In order to further clamp down on dissent against the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong, pro-establishment lawmakers argued on Friday that surveillance cameras should be installed in Hong Kong schools to monitor teachers' speech.
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London slams Beijing for threatening to withdraw recognition of British ov
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 21 (ANI): London has lambasted Beijing over its threat to stop recognising the British National (Overseas) [BN (O)] passport as a valid travel document, a proposed reprisal against the Western nation for offering Hongkongers a pathway to citizenship in order to escape the
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Hong Kong calls US sanctions over opposition arrests 'insane, shameless an
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 16 (ANI): The Hong Kong government on Saturday hit out at the United States for imposing stringent sanctions against six officials for their role in implementing the Beijing-imposed draconian National Security Law as "insane, shameless and despicable".
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