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Hong Kong holds first protest in two years under strict rules
Hong Kong protest: In mid-2020 Beijing imposed a National Security Law (NSL) to stamp out dissent in the southern Chinese city.
Published on Mar 26, 2023 02:52 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Shobhit Gupta
In a first, minors convicted under Hong Kong's national security law
A 16-year-old girl and three 17-year-olds were members of a little-known pro-independence group that called itself "Returning Valiant" charged with "conspiracy to incite subversion."
Published on Oct 08, 2022 01:09 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for 19 months over seditious children's books
Five speech therapists were convicted under a colonial-era sedition law in a case denounced by rights campaigners as a “brazen act of repression.”
Published on Sep 10, 2022 03:35 PM IST
Reuters |
Amid new election laws, Hong Kong is all ready to cast vote
Voters in Hong Kong will caste their votes on Sunday for the first time since the election reform in March 2020 that fueled the massive pro-democracy protests last year. The new laws give Beijing more control over Hong Kong's legislature.
Published on Dec 17, 2021 12:33 PM IST
AP | , Hong Kong
Hong Kong man gets 9 years in jail in first trial under China-imposed law
Tong Ying-kit, a 24-year-old waiter in Hong Kong, became the first person to be convicted under the sweeping national security law that China imposed on the city to stamp out dissent.
Published on Jul 30, 2021 12:58 PM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Hong Kong officer hit by arrow; police fire water cannons
Riot police lined up a few hundred meters (yards) away and shot several volleys of tear gas at the protesters, who sheltered behind a wall of umbrellas across an entire street and threw gasoline bombs into nearby bushes and trees, setting them on fire.
Updated on Nov 18, 2019 11:11 AM IST
Hong Kong | Associated Press
Why protesters in Hong Kong are getting inked
Hong Kong citizens have now turned towards getting themselves inked as a way to register their protest and show support to ‘front line’ protestors, who are often seen tangling with the riot police.
Updated on Oct 28, 2019 11:34 AM IST
Hong Kong | Associated Press
Tear gas and water cannon as crowds defy Hong Kong rally ban
Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas on Sunday as crowds held an illegal march, with hardcore protesters throwing petrol bombs and trashing busineses, capping a week of anger after the recent stabbing and beating of two pro-democracy protesters.
Updated on Oct 20, 2019 06:04 PM IST
Hong Kong | Press Trust of India
‘No one showed up’: Hong Kong’s protests face acid test
Hong Kong’s establishment-shaking protest movement, which has plunged the international business hub into crisis and seemed to have boundless reserves of determination, energy, creativity and popular support, might finally be losing a little steam as it enters its fifth month.
Updated on Oct 11, 2019 06:44 PM IST
Hong Kong | Press Trust of India
China’s 70-year parade shows economic and military might
The event marks the anniversary of the Oct. 1, 1949, announcement of the founding of the People’s Republic of China by then-leader Mao Zedong following a civil war.
Updated on Oct 01, 2019 10:33 AM IST
Associated Press | Associated Press
China celebrates 70 years as Hong Kong braces for unrest
A phalanx of tanks and other military hardware will roll across Tiananmen Square under the gaze of President Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
Updated on Oct 01, 2019 10:32 AM IST
Hong Kong | Agence France-Presse
Hong Kong protesters wave US flags, urge Donald Trump to ‘liberate’ city from China
More than a dozen men wearing masks to hide their identities carried the US flags as tens of thousands of demonstrators defied a police order to rally in downtown Hong Kong
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 07:28 PM IST
Bloomberg | Owen Franks
Hong Kong leader starts dialogue with pro- democracy advocates but not budging on demands
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam explained the government’s position in a meeting to a group of young people about the pro-democracy protests gripping the city , which was closed-door and unannounced.
Updated on Aug 27, 2019 03:57 PM IST
Hong Kong | Associated Press
Escalation of violence is becoming more serious: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, while speaking in public for the first time since anti-government demonstrations escalated on Sunday, said that she was confident the city’s government could handle the unrest by itself .
Published on Aug 27, 2019 01:36 PM IST
Hong Kong | Reuters
China detains employee of Britain’s Hong Kong mission, UK urged to act
Simon Cheng, a Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate was detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law. He was travelling from Hong Kong to Shenzhen for a business trip.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 07:10 PM IST
Beijing | Reuters
Hong Kong braces for mass anti-government rally
Demonstrations in Hong Kong have lost some intensity since the ugly scenes witnessed during the protesters’ occupation of the city’s airport earlier in the past week.
Updated on Aug 18, 2019 01:54 PM IST
Hong Kong | Reuters