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New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Thursday voiced deep concerns over the arrests of over 50 individuals under the new National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, and called for their immediate release. more
China sentences 10 people who tried to escape from Hong Kong to prison terms

Beijing: Chinese government this week sentenced ten arrested Hong Kong activists, who were trying to flee to Taiwan by speedboat, for a period between seven months and three years, media ...

China: Activist charged with inciting subversion

Beijing: A Chinese activist has been charged with “inciting subversion of state power" offence for retweeting a video of “ink girl” Dong Yaoqiong, media reports sai ...

Journalist arrest over Wuhan COVID-19 reporting: EU slams China, demands her release

Brussels: The European Union External Action Service (EEAS) on Wednesday demanded Beijing to release free citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who was arrested by Chinese authorities in May.

Canada asks China to maintain transparency in trial of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors

Ottawa: The Canadian government on Tuesday voiced its concern on the  judicial procedures performed by China on 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in Shenzhen in ...

China jails citizen journalist Zhang Zhan over Wuhan reporting

Beijing: China has jailed a citizen journalist for reporting on the Wuhan COVID-19 outbreak, media reports said.

China delays Australian writer Yang Hengjun’s espionage trial for three months

China delays Australian writer Yang Hengjun’s espionage trial for three months

Report unveils how China is forcing ethnic minority labourers in Xinjiang to pick cotton

Washington: A report has unveiled that the Chinese government is coercing hundreds of thousands of rural workers to carry out the grueling labour of handpicking cotton in the controversia ...

Chinese journalist and filmmaker detained in China, IFJ demands immediate release

Beijing: Chinese journalist and filmmaker Du Bin has been detained by authorities for allegedly “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” on December 16, the International Fede ...

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis slams China over persecution of Uighur Muslims

London: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has emerged as a key religious figure in the UK who slammed China over the persecution of its Uighur Muslims.