Tag: protests

Delhi hotel association bans Chinese guests after border clash
26Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
World

Delhi hotel association bans Chinese guests after border clash

In a bizarre move, One of Indian capital’s main hotel associations on Thursday said that its members are barring Chinese guests, as calls for a boycott of Chinese goods gather pace following a border clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers.The battle between Indian and Chinese soldiers on June 15 was the first time troops have died in combat along the Asian giants' Himalayan border in 45 years, and has been followed by a build-up of forces even as talks continue.Sandeep Khandelwal, president of the Delhi Hotel and Restaurant Owners Association, said the decision covering 75,000 hotel rooms in the Indian capital was to "support our government in this war-like situation with China"."Why should we allow them to earn money from India?" Khandelwal said.The association, which represents mostly thre
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24Jun By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Save Hong Kong: Pro-democracy protesters cry for help from international community

With China releasing draft of the national security law, the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are making desperate attempts to save their country’s special status under the ‘One country two systems’ regime.While desperately calling out for help, Patrick Poon, an independent human rights researcher, said that the content of the draft law could have a far-reaching impact on universal values.“The details mean that it’s really the end of not only ‘One Country, Two Systems,’ but also really the end of Hong Kong’s autonomy and judicial independence,” he said.“The international community needs to respond to such arrangement more strongly than ever,” he said while adding “It will be a disaster for everyone if Beijing’s interference in Hong Kong’s affairs is not effectively countered with real
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To impose dominance over Hong Kong, China legislation bans ‘collusion’ with world
24Jun By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

To impose dominance over Hong Kong, China legislation bans ‘collusion’ with world

In the bid to muzzle the growing dissent voices, the Chinese government has included the word "collusion" in the national security law, criminalizing "activities of foreign and external forces to interfere in the affairs" of Hong Kong.With this move, anyone who "colludes with foreign states in plotting to harm the motherland's sovereignty, territorial integrity and security" will be sentenced between 10 years and life in jail.According to the state media, the draft law discussed by the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) has clearly outlined the crimes of secession, subversion of state power, terrorist activities and collusion with foreign and external forces to endanger national security, as well as lays out their penalties.The Beijing government seems to have become mor...
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Hong Kong police blame youngsters for committing crimes under shadow of protest
17Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

Hong Kong police blame youngsters for committing crimes under shadow of protest

Justifying its aggressive tactics towards pro-democracy demonstrators, the pro-China Hong Kong police are now accusing young Hong Kongers of committing crimes under the shadow of unrest.Expressing his concerns, Commissioner of police of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, Chris Tang Ping-keung said that young people committing crimes have become a trend in the territory amid protests against China.The Hong Kong police have been called out of its excessive use of forces against the demonstrators in the territory. On June 12, the police arrested 35 people protesting against China's plan to impose national security legislation on the territory.In 2019, a total of 4,268 young people were arrested, an increase of more than 50 per cent from 2018. Of the 8,057 people a...
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Hong Kong protests might have serious impact on its special status ending in 2047: China
17Jun By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
China

Hong Kong protests might have serious impact on its special status ending in 2047: China

China has warned that widespread demonstrations might have a serious impact on the Hong Kong's special status which will end in 2047 under Beijing's 'one country, two systems' principle, especially at a time when pro-democracy protests in the city are showing no signs of abetting."Many people in Hong Kong have been thinking about the future of one country, two systems after 2047. We also need to think of this -- what kind of record is Hong Kong going to bring, to win a new mandate from the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese people that it represents at that time," Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) was quoted as saying.In the name of strengthening the 'one country, two systems', Chinese authorities have recently revealed that the...
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Thailand: Protesters demand investigation of exiled activists’ kidnapping
12Jun By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
Business

Thailand: Protesters demand investigation of exiled activists’ kidnapping

In Thailand’s capital Bangkok, protesters in held a small rally outside the Prime Minister's offices on Friday urging the authorities to investigate the suspected kidnapping of an exiled activist by unknown gunmen last week in Cambodia.Wanchalearm Satsaksit, 37, a previously little-known pro-democracy activist who fled from Thailand following a 2014 military coup, was seized on a street outside his apartment in Phnom Penh on June 4.Cambodian authorities initially said they did not have enough information to investigate, but later said they would. Thailand government officials have denied any role in the disappearance."It has been more than a week since this happened, but there has been no progress in the investigation," Jutatip Sirikhan, president of the Student Union of Thailand, said at
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Hong Kong cannot tolerate any more ‘chaos’, says Carrie Lam
9Jun By Joanne SerriehNo Comments
World

Hong Kong cannot tolerate any more ‘chaos’, says Carrie Lam

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said that the city could not afford further "chaos" as it marked the first anniversary of the start of rolling mass protests against the extradition legislation by her government.A year ago, more than a million people flooded the streets of Hong Kong to protest a Bill by Lam's government that would have allowed people to be extradited to mainland China, where courts are controlled by the Communist Party, for trial.Lam later withdrew the Bill but the legislation triggered widespread concern that the central government in Beijing was stifling freedoms in the global financial hub."All of us can see the difficulty we have been through in the past year, and due to such serious situations we have more problems to deal with," Lam said during her w
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