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Mar 21 2023
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'Winnie the Pooh' film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas
HONG KONG (AP) — Public screenings of a slasher film that features Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions over increasing censorship in the city. Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook that the release of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” on Thursday had been canceled with “great regret” in Hong Kong and neighboring Macao
SFGATEJun 13 2013
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden reportedly tells Hong Kong newspaper US also hacking Hong Kong, China
The former CIA employee who grabbed headlines after outing himself as the source of the leak behind the U.S. surveillance programs has resurfaced - sort of.
Fox News (Online News)Dec 17 2023
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National Security Trial Of Pro-democracy Tycoon Jimmy Lai Starts In Hong Kong: AFP
Barron'sOct 05 2014
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Hong Kong protesters defiant as deadline approaches
Ahead of a Hong Kong government deadline to clear occupied streets, some pro-democracy protesters began moving Sunday evening to the central area of their multivenue civil disobedience campaign.
Other protesters refused to leave their sit-in camps, the South China Morning Post reported.
The city's embattled leader, Leung Chun-ying, has warned that police will "take all necessary
USA TODAYSep 05 2023
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Hong Kong court hands rare victory to advocates of same sex unions
In a partial victory for Hong Kong’s LGBTQ community, the city’s top court on Tuesday ordered the government to give same-sex couples some form of legal recognition. The surprise ruling, which stopped short of meeting demands for full marriage equality, stated that the Hong Kong government had violated the gay citizens’ constitutional rights by not granting them an “alternative framework” such
Washington PostSep 05 2023
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Hong Kong’s Top Court Orders City to Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships
HONG KONG—Judges from Hong Kong’s highest court ordered the government to formally recognize same-sex partnerships Tuesday, a move they said was needed to comply with the city’s mini-constitution. While maintaining that the constitutional right to marry is limited to couples of the opposite sex, the ruling from the city’s Court of Final Appeal gave the government two years to provide a
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 04 2023
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Tiananmen Square: Hong Kong police make arrests on anniversary of massacre
The leader of one of Hong Kong's main opposition parties has also been detained and placed in a police van, according to the AFP news agency. Hong Kong was previously the only Chinese city where these commemorations were allowed, under the city's semi-autonomous economic, political and legal set up - known as "one country, two systems" - established when the city handed over to China by the UK
BBC NewsJun 04 2023
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Police Detain Leader Of Hong Kong Opposition Party: AFP Reporters
The leader of Hong Kong's opposition League of Social Democrats party was detained on Sunday, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, according to AFP reporters.
Chan Po-ying, a veteran pro-democracy activist who heads the opposition party, was holding a small LED candle -- a common sight in vigils commemorating June 4, 1989 -- and two flowers. Police immediately grabbed her
Barron'sMay 16 2023
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Hong Kong becomes latest place to face book-ban debate
History is being taken down from Hong Kong bookshelves.
A new investigation by the Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao found that 40% of political books have been removed from Hong Kong's libraries in the last two years, with worries that dozens more will follow.
The report comes nearly three years after Beijing imposed the controversial National Security Law on the city —
SemaforFeb 28 2021
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Hong Kong detains 47 activists on subversion charges
Hong Kong police on Sunday detained 47 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the city’s national security law.
The former lawmakers and democracy advocates had been previously arrested in a sweeping police operation in January but were released. They have been detained again and will appear in court on Monday, police said in a statement.
They
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