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Amnesty condemns sedition verdict as blow to free speech in Hong Kong
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a ruling, two former editors of the now-defunct Stand News, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, along with the media outlet's parent company, were convicted of conspiring to publish "seditious" content, marking a chilling blow to press freedom in Hong Kong after China implemented National Se
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"In China, there is no justice, no rights, no free speech": US lawmaker Jo
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
US lawmakers and the members of the US House Select Committee on Chinese Communist Party (SCCCP) on Thursday organized a meeting highlighting China's shady tactics to suppress dissent and critique in the country.
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Protest in PoGB against misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws; call
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), the Awami Action Committee held a protest rally on Monday against the misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws. They argued that these laws are being used by the government to suppress dissent and silence voices opposing injustices in the reg
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'Fascist method to suppress dissenting voices': Kerala CM Vijayan condemns
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday called the action of the Delhi police a "fascist method" to suppress dissenting voices, following searches in the offices of online news portal NewsClick.
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Pakistan: Protests held across Balochistan, Islamabad on Eid
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Demonstrators from diverse backgrounds called for the safe recovery of missing persons and an end to the long-standing issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, a tactic human rights organizations accuse the Pakistani state of using to suppress dissent.
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China has used draconian surveillance law to suppress dissent: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 8 (ANI): China has used draconian surveillance laws to suppress dissent against the communist leadership in the country.
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Line between constitutionally guaranteed right to protest, terrorist activ
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): "It seems, that in its anxiety to suppress dissent, in the mind of the State, the line between the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest and terrorist activity seems to be getting somewhat blurred," the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday while granti
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China's social safety programme being used to suppress dissent, says US re
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 19 (ANI): China's social safety net programme, known as dibao, is increasingly being used as a tool to suppress dissent in the country, according to research from a US-based social scientist.
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AAP's Raghav Chadha accuses Goa CM of using state machinery to suppress di
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 6 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Sunday accused Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant of using the government machinery to suppress political dissent
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Use of brute force to suppress dissent is unacceptable in democracy: Sonia
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the BJP led Central government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that the ruling party has shown utter disregard to the people's voice by using "brute force" to suppress dissent and assured the people that her p
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