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Occupying Public Places Like Shaheen Bagh Not Acceptable: Supreme Court
- Wednesday October 7, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
Protesters cannot occupy public places indefinitely, the Supreme Court said this morning in a hugely influential verdict on a batch of petitions against the anti-citizenship law protests at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh over the contentious law that cleared the parliament last year. "Dissent and democracy go hand in hand," the top court observed, stressing ...
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"Travesty Of Truth": Sitaram Yechury Attacks PM Over Parliament Speech
- Friday February 7, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that citing partition to justify the National Register of Citizens, National Population Register and the Citizenship Amendment Act was a "travesty of the truth". He also accused PM Modi of "discarding the sanctity" ...
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Hong Kong Ready for Fresh 'Occupy' Protests: Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying
- Wednesday March 25, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Hong Kong's leader said today that the city was prepared for a fresh flareup of pro-democracy street protests, while issuing a call to arms against opposition democratic lawmakers who have disrupted government policy-making in the legislature.
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Hong Kong Leader Declares Occupy Protest 'Over' as Last Site Cleared
- Monday December 15, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Hong Kong's leader declared an end to more than 11 weeks of sit-in protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police Monday cleared the last remaining camp and arrested a handful of peaceful protesters.
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Hong Kong Police Start Clearing Main Protest Camp
- Thursday December 11, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Hong Kong authorities cleared barricades today from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months.
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Hong Kong Democracy Students Reject Calls to Retreat
- Wednesday December 3, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Hong Kong students vowed to stay put at protest sites in key parts of the Asia financial centre today in their demand for electoral reforms, defying calls by leaders of the civil disobedience movement Occupy Central for them to retreat.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Protest Founders 'Surrender', Urge Students to Retreat
- Tuesday December 2, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The three original founders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Occupy movement tearfully announced on Tuesday they would "surrender" by turning themselves in to police and urged protesters still on the streets to retreat.
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Hong Kong Court Notice Clears Way For Action at Protest Site
- Sunday November 16, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Hong Kong court notice ordering the eviction of democracy demonstrators from parts of the main protest site they have occupied for seven weeks has been published in leading newspapers, the first such public circular that empowers authorities to start clearing rally sites.
- www.ndtv.com
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Protesters Stage 'Occupy' Protest by British Parliament
- Saturday October 18, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Some 200 anti-government campaigners rallied in front of the British parliament on Friday, saying that they were planning to set up an "Occupy Democracy" camp without official permission.
- www.ndtv.com
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Standoffs Get Ugly at Hong Kong Democracy Protests
- Saturday October 4, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Standoffs between Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters and their antagonists grew increasingly ugly Saturday, as the two sides traded insults and at times taunted police. The city's leader said streets occupied by the protest must be cleared by Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Occupy Leader Says Protests Will Spread 'Like Flowers'
- Wednesday October 1, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
One of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy leaders struggled to contain his emotions Wednesday as he warned protests would spread like "blossoming flowers" and pleaded with residents to understand why the city has been brought to a standstill.
- www.ndtv.com
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Occupying Public Places Like Shaheen Bagh Not Acceptable: Supreme Court
- Wednesday October 7, 2020
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Swati Bhasin
Protesters cannot occupy public places indefinitely, the Supreme Court said this morning in a hugely influential verdict on a batch of petitions against the anti-citizenship law protests at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh over the contentious law that cleared the parliament last year. "Dissent and democracy go hand in hand," the top court observed, stressing ...
- www.ndtv.com
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"Travesty Of Truth": Sitaram Yechury Attacks PM Over Parliament Speech
- Friday February 7, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that citing partition to justify the National Register of Citizens, National Population Register and the Citizenship Amendment Act was a "travesty of the truth". He also accused PM Modi of "discarding the sanctity" ...
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Ready for Fresh 'Occupy' Protests: Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying
- Wednesday March 25, 2015
- World News | Reuters
Hong Kong's leader said today that the city was prepared for a fresh flareup of pro-democracy street protests, while issuing a call to arms against opposition democratic lawmakers who have disrupted government policy-making in the legislature.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Leader Declares Occupy Protest 'Over' as Last Site Cleared
- Monday December 15, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Hong Kong's leader declared an end to more than 11 weeks of sit-in protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police Monday cleared the last remaining camp and arrested a handful of peaceful protesters.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Police Start Clearing Main Protest Camp
- Thursday December 11, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Hong Kong authorities cleared barricades today from a pro-democracy protest camp spread across a busy highway as part of a final push to retake streets occupied by activists for two and a half months.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Democracy Students Reject Calls to Retreat
- Wednesday December 3, 2014
- World News | Reuters
Hong Kong students vowed to stay put at protest sites in key parts of the Asia financial centre today in their demand for electoral reforms, defying calls by leaders of the civil disobedience movement Occupy Central for them to retreat.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Protest Founders 'Surrender', Urge Students to Retreat
- Tuesday December 2, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The three original founders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Occupy movement tearfully announced on Tuesday they would "surrender" by turning themselves in to police and urged protesters still on the streets to retreat.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Court Notice Clears Way For Action at Protest Site
- Sunday November 16, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Hong Kong court notice ordering the eviction of democracy demonstrators from parts of the main protest site they have occupied for seven weeks has been published in leading newspapers, the first such public circular that empowers authorities to start clearing rally sites.
- www.ndtv.com
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Protesters Stage 'Occupy' Protest by British Parliament
- Saturday October 18, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Some 200 anti-government campaigners rallied in front of the British parliament on Friday, saying that they were planning to set up an "Occupy Democracy" camp without official permission.
- www.ndtv.com
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Standoffs Get Ugly at Hong Kong Democracy Protests
- Saturday October 4, 2014
- World News | Associated Press
Standoffs between Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters and their antagonists grew increasingly ugly Saturday, as the two sides traded insults and at times taunted police. The city's leader said streets occupied by the protest must be cleared by Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Hong Kong Occupy Leader Says Protests Will Spread 'Like Flowers'
- Wednesday October 1, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
One of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy leaders struggled to contain his emotions Wednesday as he warned protests would spread like "blossoming flowers" and pleaded with residents to understand why the city has been brought to a standstill.
- www.ndtv.com