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Police shoot protester with live round
Associated Press, Published on 01/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Police shot a teenage protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving him bleeding and howling on the ground, in a fearsome escalation of anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Tens of thousands marched in a day of rage as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power.
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Authorities urged to investigate attacks on activists
Associated Press, Published on 03/07/2019
» Amnesty International submitted open letters to Thailand's defence minister and its police commissioner asking them to bring to justice attackers against three vocal pro-democracy activists who have faced physical abuse on multiple occasions since the military seized power in a coup in 2014.
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Ja New rejects police offer of conditional protection
Associated Press, Published on 09/07/2019
» Pro-democracy activist Sirawith Seritiwat, who was attacked and left unconscious on a Bangkok pavement, said he will refuse an offer of police protection that would require him to stop political activities.
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Duterte ‘in crosshairs’ with new law on harassment
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2019
» MANILA: Philippine activists have welcomed a new law against a range of acts of sexual harassment that the president signed but they say ironically puts him in its crosshairs given his open history of crude sexual remarks and actions.
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Exile's parents seek information on his disappearance
Associated Press, Published on 13/05/2019
» The parents of a self-exiled Thai activist who disappeared after reportedly being extradited from Vietnam visited government offices and diplomatic missions in Bangkok on Monday to seek information about his fate.
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Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia
Associated Press, Published on 17/05/2019
» TAIPEI: Taiwan's legislature voted Friday to legalise same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause for two decades.
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May Day marchers across Asia demand better working conditions
Associated Press, Published on 01/05/2019
» SEOUL, South Korea: Thousands of trade union members and activists were marking May Day on Wednesday by marching through Asia's capitals and demanding better working conditions and expanded labour rights.
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Indonesia jails Polish tourist who met Papuan activists
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2019
» JAKARTA: A Polish tourist was sentenced to five years in prison for treason on Thursday after meeting with Papuan independence supporters, but said later he was the victim of a show trial.
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Philippine police kill 14 men rights groups say were farmers
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2019
» BACOLOD, Philippines: Philippine police said Sunday 14 suspected communist rebels were killed after they opened fire during raids in a central province but rights groups countered the men were farmers and the latest victims of extrajudicial killings.
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Korean court orders easing of abortion ban
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2019
» SEOUL: In a major reversal, South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered the easing of the country's decades-long ban on abortions, one of the strictest in the developed world.
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