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Jul 15, 2026

Hong Kong police arrest five booksellers in raids on independent bookshops over sedition allegations

Hong Kong authorities raided two independent bookstores, Greenfield Book Store and at least one other shop, arresting five people on suspicion of selling and displaying allegedly seditious publications. The arrests come as two other independent bookstores, Elmbook and Luckwin, were barred from exhibiting at the annual Hong Kong Book Fair.

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Jul 9, 2026

Cuba marks 5th anniversary of historic July 11, 2021 protests as hundreds remain imprisoned

Five years after Cuba's largest nationwide demonstrations since the 1959 Revolution, commemorations are being held in Cuba and among Cuban Americans in Miami, while human rights groups report hundreds of protesters remain behind bars and the conditions that sparked the uprising have worsened.

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