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$A Hong Kong court has banned people from publishing a wide range of personal details about police officers and their families, including photos, in a bid to halt \doxxing\ by pro-democracy protesters. (Photo: AFP)$ World

Hong Kong court bans publishing police details, including photos

Earlier this month the city's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam used a colonial-era emergency law to ban protesters from...

26 Oct 2019 11:56 AM IST

A protester reacts as she tackled by riot police during a massive demonstration outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Hong Kong police have used tear gas and high-pressure hoses against thousands of protesters opposing a highly controversial extradition bill outside government headquarters. (Photo: AP)

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Subway stations, malls shut as Hong Kong braces protests against mask...

Opponents and protesters saw it as the start of a slippery slope tipping the international finance hub into...

6 Oct 2019 12:32 PM IST

It was the first such injury from a live round in nearly four months of increasingly violent protests and threatened to strip the spotlight from Chinas carefully-choreographed birthday party, designed to underscore its status as a global superpower. (Photo: AFP)

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Watch: Protester critical after being shot by Hong Kong police as...

The wounded protester received initial first aid from officers before paramedics arrived and took him to hospital.

1 Oct 2019 5:22 PM IST

Tens of thousands snaked their way through the financial hubs main island under crisp winter skies in what looked set to be the biggest turnout in months. (Photo: AFP)

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Hong Kongers mark half year protest anniversary with huge rally

Semi-autonomous Hong Kong has been battered by increasingly violent demonstrations.

8 Dec 2019 1:57 PM IST

Protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, ending a brief election lull and demanding the government make concessions a week after pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory. (Photo: AP)

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'This is not over': Hong Kong protesters return to the streets

Hong Kong's protests began in opposition to a bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.

1 Dec 2019 2:17 PM IST

The financial hubs roiling unrest took a dark turn late Sunday when gangs of men -- most wearing white T-shirts and carrying bats, sticks and metal poles -- set upon anti-government demonstrators as they returned from another huge march earlier that day. (Photo: AFP)

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45 injured as Hong Kong protest escalates, triad gangs seen on streets

Hospital authorities said 45 people were wounded in the attack, with one man in critical condition and five others with...

22 July 2019 1:19 PM IST

Leading pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested by Hong Kong police on Friday morning, his political organisation Demosisto said, ahead of another week of planned protests in the semi-autonomous region. (Photo: ANI)

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Hong Kong police arrest leading democracy activist Joshua Wong

While the activist has not played a central role in the recent weeks of protests, he is still an important figurehead in...

30 Aug 2019 9:23 AM IST

People hold up copies of the Apple Daily as they protest for press freedom inside a mall in Hong Kong on August 11, 2020, a day after authorities conducted a search of the newspapers headquarters after the companys founder Jimmy Lai was arrested under the new national security law. (AFP)

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Hong Kong residents are mass buying Apple Daily newspaper to support...

The public show of support came a day after police arrested HK's the pro-democracy newspaper's founder, and raided its...

12 Aug 2020 11:47 AM IST