TEHRAN, Jun 30 -Hong Kong is gearing up for an annual pro-democracy march on Monday, the anniversary of its handover to Beijing, that could see a big crowd amid widespread anger over an extradition bill that has already seen millions take to the streets.
TEHRAN, Jun 25 -Hong Kong activists have raised more than HK$5 million ($640,500) in a crowdfunding campaign to take out newspaper ads in a bid to get a controversial extradition bill on the agenda at the G20 summit.
TEHRAN, Jun 24 - More than 100 people blocked a Hong Kong government building on Monday in protest against proposed legislation allowing extradition s to mainland China that they want scrapped.
TEHRAN, Jun 14 - Hong Kong's embattled leader faced mounting pressure on Friday to abandon a deeply unpopular plan to allow extradition s to China, with protest organisers getting police go-ahead to hold a new rally at the weekend.
TEHRAN, Jun 8 -At least half a million people in Hong Kong are expected to brave sweltering heat on Sunday to press the government to scrap a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, organizers of the march said.
TEHRAN, Jun 6 -Hong Kong’s last British governor Chris Patten said on Thursday a proposed extradition bill allowing suspects to be sent to China for trial is a “terrible blow” to the rule of law and will undermine Hong Kong’s reputation as a global financial hub.
TEHRAN, May 30 - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is too ill to appear via a video link from a British prison in a hearing on an extradition request from the United States, his lawyer said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, May 25 - Iran has denounced as politically-motivated a French court’s verdict to extradite an Iranian engineer to the United States over accusations of importing American technology for military purposes.
EHRAN, May 11 - Anger over Hong Kong's controversial plans to allow extradition s to the Chinese mainland boils over in the city's legislature as rival lawmakers scuffle with each other in chaotic scenes.
TEHRAN, Apr 28 - Thousands of people marched on Hong Kong’s parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial - a move which some fear puts the city’s core freedoms at risk.
TEHRAN, Feb 20 - Malaysia may postpone the extradition to the United States of a former Goldman Sachs banker wanted over a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, as he has to face criminal charges in the southeast Asian nation first, its home minister said.