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Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution
AFP, Published on 14/12/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has decided to disband, the group announced Sunday, after its members formally voted to dissolve the organisation and enter liquidation.
Hong Kong opposition party disbands citing 'immense' pressure
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» HONG KONG - One of Hong Kong's last remaining opposition parties has officially disbanded, its leader announced Sunday, citing "immense political pressure" as Beijing's years-long crackdown on dissent transforms the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
Kurdish militants declare ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years
AFP, Published on 01/03/2025
» ISTANBUL - Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by their jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband.
Jailed PKK leader says 'ready' to support Turkey peace drive
AFP, Published on 29/12/2024
» ISTANBUL - Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is "ready to make a call" to back a new initiative by the Turkish government to end decades of conflict, Turkey's pro-Kurd party said Sunday.
Turkish pro-Kurd party to meet ‘terrorist’
AFP, Published on 28/12/2024
» ISTANBUL - A delegation from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source said.
Jailed, unseated, exiled: Hong Kong opposition party shuts its doors
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» HONG KONG - Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party's founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.
Ukraine: Russia targeting grain sites after deal exit
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» KYIV: Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of deliberately striking its Black Sea grain facilities — and destroying tonnes of food — since Moscow quit an export deal meant to stave off a global crisis.
Shadowy messengers delivering threats to Hong Kong civil society
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» HONG KONG: Covert meetings, whispered threats, and mysterious phone calls –- warnings of reprisals by authorities from shadowy messengers are hounding Hong Kong's civil society as China flattens a pro-democracy movement.
Hong Kong group behind huge democracy rallies disbands
AFP, Published on 15/08/2021
» HONG KONG: The Hong Kong protest coalition that organised record-breaking democracy rallies two years ago said Sunday it was disbanding in the face of China's sweeping clampdown on dissent in the city.
First Hong Konger convicted of national security crime jailed for nine years
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong waiter was jailed for nine years on Friday after he became the first person convicted under a sweeping new national security law that Beijing imposed on the city to stamp out dissent.