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  Hong Kong introduces new national security draft bill with tougher penalties to stifle dissent

  World | March 08, 2024 13:24 IST

  Hong Kong, a booming business hub, has come under the scanner as authorities launched a crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city. This crackdown began after violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 after which several pro-democracy lawmakers have been arrested while others fled abroad.

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  Chinese journalist tried on state secrets charge

  World | November 21, 2014 9:24 IST

  Beijing: A veteran journalist who is one of the best-known intellectuals to have been imprisoned for supporting the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests has gone on trial in closed-door proceedings in Beijing on new accusations of