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    Climate-change activists plan to disrupt Heathrow with drones on Friday

    13 Sep 2019

    Climate-change activists plan to disrupt Heathrow airport with drones on Friday morning, despite the arrest of five of their members in a pre-emptive strike by London police.

    Syria activists: Strikes kill 3, including woman, her child

    26 Aug 2019

    Syrian opposition activists say airstrikes targeting the country’s last major rebel stronghold, the northwestern province of Idlib, have killed three civilians, including

    Hong Kong activists set to return from China after jail terms

    22 Mar 2021

    In December, a Chinese court sentenced 10 of the 12 to between seven months and three years in jail. Defendants Tang Kai-yin and Quinn Moon, who were sentenced to three and two years, respectively, remain in Shenzhen.

    Myanmar activists hold candle-lit protests as EU, US try to pressure junta

    23 Mar 2021

    At least 261 people have been killed by security forces attempting to quell weeks of pro-democracy protests in towns and cities across the country, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group.

    Hong Kong democracy activists’ court hearing enters 4th day

    04 Mar 2021

    If the defendants are denied bail, it would mean that most of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy figures would be in jail or in self-exile abroad amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

    Hearing for Hong Kong democracy activists resumes after marathon session

    02 Mar 2021

    The activists are accused of organising and participating in an unofficial primary poll last July aimed at selecting the strongest candidates for a legislative council election that the government later postponed, citing the coronavirus.

    7 convicted in Hong Kong over 2019 pro-democracy protests

    01 Apr 2021

    The group of activists were convicted for their involvement in a protest held on Aug.18, 2019. Organizers of the protest say that 1.7 million people marched that day in protest of a proposed bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China for trial.

    Hong Kong activists appear in court over banned Tiananmen vigil

    05 Feb 2021

    Hong Kong traditionally holds the largest vigil in the world every year, although it was banned in 2020, with authorities giving the risk of spreading the coronavirus as the reason. The vigils have always been banned in mainland China.

    Two plead guilty as leading Hong Kong activists go on trial

    16 Feb 2021

    The two were among nine prominent activists whose trial got under way in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The nine were arrested with several others in April last year in what was seen as a move to crack down on dissent.

    Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, others to be sentenced for illegal assembly

    16 Apr 2021

    It would be the first time that Lai, one of Hong Kong's most prominent democratic activists, who has been in jail since December after being denied bail in a separate national security trial, will receive a sentence.

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