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Police in Belarus on Sunday arrested more than 160 participants in demonstrations calling for the ex-Soviet nation’s authoritarian president to resign. Protests have rocked the ex-Soviet nation for the sixth straight month following the Aug. 9 presidential vote, which was widely seen as rigged to give President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office. The…
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SPEECH PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE ENDSARS PROTESTS, 22ND OCTOBER, 2020 Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. I must warn those who have hijacked…
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MY ADVICE TO THE PROTESTERS -Dr. Doyin Okupe. Our dear gallant youths, you have done well and virtually the whole nation is proud of you. You have accomplished much and you must gain maximally from this unprecedented national achievement. You really have #sorosoke with no disguise. I want to particularly ask you to note that…
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Carrie Lam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive, has asked police and protesters to embrace peace. “On the rally that happened on December the 8th, in general, it [was] peaceful and orderly,” Lam told reporters on Tuesday, noting that the government respects people’s rights to free and peaceful assembly. “Unfortunately, we still [saw]…
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In light of the recent violence, deaths and prolonged protests in Hong Kong, the legal aspect of “One Country, Two Systems” will eventually favor China — but, can the long awaited victory over Hong Kong wait until 2047? What happens to Hong Kong will largely depend on how China develops. The baseline scenario is that…
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A number of protesters in Hong Kong have accidentally caught fire after throwing petrol bombs and molotov cocktails at police and security forces. Terrible scenes have been captured on video and mobile phones of demonstrators engulfed in flames, with other protesters desperately trying to extinguish the flames and help their fellow protesters. There has been…
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Government data released on Friday shows Hong Kong is now officially in recession. For the first time in 10 years, the economy of the dynamic independent province of China, is retreating. Plagued by violent protests and a searing trade war between China and the United States, Hong Kong has put in its worst quarter in…
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Police were nowhere around to stop the “madness” as climate change protesters launched bloody attack on the UK government building. In seeming retaliatory act, climate activists sprayed 400 gallons of fake blood on the British government building to highlight the damage humans are causing to the world, Mail Online confirmed. Out-of-commission fire engines were used…
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Millions of people are taking to the streets across the world in what could be the largest climate protest in history. Some of Friday’s first protests were held in Australia, where an estimated 300,000 people gathered at more than 100 rallies calling for action to guard against climate change, with further demonstrations held across parts…
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China said the comments made by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini confuses right and wrong, and is an example of interfering in China’s internal affairs, a spokesperson for the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) said in a statement on Saturday. The spokesperson said the Hong Kong…
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Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation will propose an application to United Nations (UN) to investigate whether the U.S. is involved in Hong Kong’s recent riots, seniors of the foundation announced Friday at a press conference in Hong Kong. The foundation – as an ex parte applicant – applied for UN’s fact-finding inquires of U.S. institutions and…
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Legal professionals have expressed their worries that the recent turmoil in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will erode the rule of law, hoping the society could get back on the right track as soon as possible. No society will accept challenge to law “The most intolerable thing is that it is illegal, and…
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A spokesman for the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) issued a statement on Monday, condemning the violent acts during the illegal assembly on Sunday which posed threats to the safety of police and local residents. Regarding the incident yesterday, police have arrested at least 49 persons for offenses including unauthorized assembly…
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The Venezuelan government has witnessed violent uprisings since anti-government protesters took to the streets Wednesday 26 October, insisting “We Won’t Take No For An Answer”. The bold message, allegedly championed by the country’s opposition leaders, is a reaction against the government’s decision to halt referendum proceedings. Opposition party leaders warned they’ll march to the presidential palace next week…
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The relatives of several prominent human rights lawyers detained since July 2015 are once more petitioning the Chinese government over the continuing persecution of their families ahead of National Day celebrations on Saturday, Radio Free Asia reported. Image shows wives of Chinese human rights lawyers detained in a 2015 crackdown wearing the names of their husbands…
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“Brave Lady in Baton Rouge – Brave man in Tiananmen Square.” As racial tension rises and protests against police brutality rage in the United States an image of a young woman standing defiantly before heavily-armored riot police has drawn comparisons with the 1989 Tiananmen Square “Tank Man”. The photograph of the lone black woman standing…
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