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After perplexing silence over China's dismal human rights, New Zea
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], June 11 (ANI): New Zealand, which is usually outspoken on human rights matters in general has remained largely silent on the China's concentration camps thinly veiled as "re-education camps" for the Uyghur Muslims.
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China steps up efforts to influence media coverage, global narrati
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI): China in the last few years have significantly increased its efforts to influence media coverage and the global narrative about itself, a new report states.
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen Massacre museum shuts over licensing probe
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, June 2 (ANI): Ahead of its 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident, Hong Kong's June 4th Museum that commemorates China's deadly crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing has been temporarily closed.
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Hong Kong youths stare at bleak future amid Chinese crackdown
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 28 (ANI): The crackdown by pro-Chinese authorities following last year's anti-government protests has affected young people, including students or college-educated, in Hong Kong and filled their future with dim job prospects and the unending threat of another arrest.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democ
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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Fresh crackdown on protestors, Myanmar military revokes licences o
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 9 (ANI): As the pro-democracy protests against the Myanmar junta intensifies, the security forces have arrested several people during the anti-coup crackdown and the licences of five independent media companies have been revoked.
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UN special envoy on Myanmar calls for collective responsibility to
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New York [US], March 6 (ANI): As pro-democracy protests continue to intensify, UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener on Friday (local time) called for a "collective responsibility towards the people of Myanmar to safeguard their democratic aspirations".
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US includes Myanmar ministries, army conglomerates to trade blackl
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 5 (ANI): As the pro-democracy protests in Myanmar continue to intensify despite the crackdown by the junta, the United States Commerce Department has included the Myanmar Defense Ministry, Home Affairs Ministry and the conglomerate companies MEC (Myanmar Economic Corpo
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China blocks social media app for allowing discussions on Uyghurs,
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Beijing [China], February 9 (ANI): A social media app in China, which gave a platform to people to discuss political topics such as ongoing human rights abuse against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, has been blocked.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow denied bail by High Co
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, December 9 (ANI): A day after eight Hong Kong legislators were arrested for their involvement in pro-democracy protests across the region, activist Agnes Chow Ting has been denied bail pending her appeal of a 10-month prison sentence for her role in a siege of police headquarters
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Seven more cleared of riot charges in Hong Kong pro-democracy prot
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, October 31 (ANI): Seven more accused of rioting during the major pro-democracy protest in August, last year -- against the now draconian National Security Law imposed by the Chinese Communist Party on Hong Kong -- have been acquitted of all charges by a Hong Kong Court.
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UN Human Rights office closely monitoring Thailand protests
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights in Thailand has been "closely" monitoring the protests in the country and stresses that people must be allowed to demonstrate peacefully, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday (local
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