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Taiwanese govt urged to take steps to protect Hong Kong dissidents
Updated : 4 hours, 57 min ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 3 (ANI): Taiwanese students on Tuesday (local time) urged President Tsai Ing-wen's government to take concrete actions to protect Hong Kong political dissidents after 47 pro-democracy figures in the semi-autonomous region were charged last weekend under a new Chinese n
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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Ho
Updated : 15 hours, 36 min ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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47 dissidents in Hong Kong booked for 'conspiring to subvert stat
Updated : 17 hours, 51 min ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Hong Kong police has charged 47 former opposition lawmakers and activists for conspiring to subvert state power under the draconian national security law in the region.
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US calls for release of Hong Kong democracy campaigners
Updated : 2 days ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 1 (ANI): The United States on Sunday (local time) called on Beijing to release pro-democratic leaders detained in Hong Kong, who are charged under the stringent national security law, over their participation in a primary election for the now-postponed Legislative C
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security,
Updated : 3 days, 13 hours ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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EU escalates condemnation of China's crackdown on Hong Kong
Updated : 6 days, 13 hours ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 24 (ANI): The European Union has escalated its condemnation of Beijing's political crackdown under the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong but stopped short of rolling out major sanctions on the city's officials for the continued repression of opposition
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Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested again: Report
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Hong Kong, February 17 (ANI): Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-Ying has been arrested again in connection with the case related to 12 Hong Kongers who tried to flee to Taiwan, South China Morning Post reported citing local newspaper he owns.
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Hong Kong lawyers oppose greater powers to immigration director to
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Hong Kong, February 13 (ANI): Lawyers in Hong Kong have expressed concern over the city's government's proposal of giving "apparently unfettered power" to the immigration director to stop anyone from leaving the city.
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Hong Kong internet radio host booked under draconian security law
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Hong Kong, February 10 (ANI): Hong Kong internet radio host, who was arrested for being part of a fundraising campaign that paid for young pro-democracy protesters to study in Taiwan, for "seditious intent" under the draconian National Security Law, has been denied bail.
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Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai to remain in custody under Nat
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Hong Kong, February 9 (ANI): Hong Kong's top court on Tuesday ordered business tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying to stay behind bars on charges of fraud and colluding with foreign forces under National Security Law, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
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Hong Kong introduces new regulations for schools to impose Beijing
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): Hong Kong has introduced new regulations for how schools should operate, months after Beijing imposed the draconian national security law giving authorities powers to further impose crackdowns among the people of the region.
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Hong Kong internet radio host arrested over 'seditious intent' und
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): Hong Kong internet radio host, who had been part of a fundraising campaign that paid for young protesters to study in Taiwan, was arrested on Sunday for "seditious intent" under the draconian National Security Law.
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