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More than 100 Sudanese detainees start hunger strike, including politicians
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - More than 100 Sudanese detainees, including high-profile politicians, began a hunger strike on Tuesday, allied lawyers and...
Read moreHong Kong police arrest singer for alleged sedition – media
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 41-year-old man for suspected sedition and...
Read moreMuddle over woman in chains in China stirs online anger with authorities
BEIJING (Reuters) - Seemingly muddled accounts from authorities in China about the case of a woman who appeared in a...
Read moreRussian newspaper evacuates reporter labelled “terrorist” by Chechen leader
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper said it had sent journalist Yelena Milashina out of the country for her...
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Religious groups call for amnesty for Hong Kongers charged under national security law
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - A coalition of Christians and Catholics on Monday called on Hong Kong leader...
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German Greens elect 28-year-old leader to build on youth vote
(This Jan. 29 story corrects to remove erroneous reference to youngest ever leader in first paragraph) By Holger Hansen BERLIN...
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Tunisian police killed man in first death of protests, opposition says
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian man died in hospital on Wednesday from injuries inflicted by police, activists and...
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Hong Kong democracy activist Edward Leung released from prison
By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong activist Edward Leung, 30, who first used one...
Read moreBritish Council confirms release of Iranian employee Amiri
DUBAI (Reuters) - Aras Amiri, an Iranian employee of the British Council, has arrived back in the United Kingdom after...
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Stricken boat with over 100 Rohingya allowed to dock in Indonesia
By Hidayatullah Tahjuddin KRUENG GEUKUH, Indonesia (Reuters) - More than 100 Rohingya refugees who had been adrift on a sinking...
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Hong Kong court denies bail to former Stand News editors charged with sedition
By Clare Jim and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) -Two former senior editors of Hong Kong's Stand News were charged...
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Indonesia says will allow stranded Rohingya boat to seek refuge
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will allow a boat packed with Rohingya which had become stranded...
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Hong Kong’s Stand News shuts down after police raid
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Stand News said on Wednesday it would shut down after police...
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A nightlong vigil on a muddy, rainy hilltop to capture Hong Kong’s change
HONG KONG (Reuters) - It was close to midnight when Reuters photojournalist Tyrone Siu spotted chatter among students in an...
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China’s Xi responsible for Uyghur ‘genocide’, unofficial tribunal says
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - An unofficial tribunal of lawyers and campaigners said Chinese President Xi Jinping bore primary responsibility for what...
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China says ‘Uyghur tribunal’ is a lie
LONDON (Reuters) - The Chinese embassy in London said an unofficial tribunal of lawyers which accused Beijing of genocide against...
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Hong Kong seeks arrest of two activists accused of inciting blank votes at election
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities issued arrest warrants on Monday for two activists living abroad for inciting people...
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UN criticises ‘disturbing’ arrest of rights activist in Indian Kashmir
By Fayaz Bukhari and Alasdair Pal SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Rights groups including the United Nations have criticised the arrest of...
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Democracy slipping away at record rate, intergovernmental body warns
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A greater number of countries are sliding towards authoritarianism, while the number of established democracies under threat...
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‘Evil forces’ push Hong Kong pro-democracy clothes shop to shut
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong clothing chain popular with democracy supporters said on Thursday it will shut its...
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