HK activists plan new protests over proposed security law
People crossing a road are seen through the window of a tram in Hong Kong. Fresh protests have been called following a proposal to enact new security legislation in the semi-autonomous financial hub. – AFP pic, May 24, 2020.
HONG KONG’S pro-democracy campaigners called for fresh protests today, their first test after China sparked outrage with a proposed new security law that many fear will spell the end of the city’s treasured freedoms. The proposed legislation is expected to ban treason, subversion and sedition, and follows repeated warnings from Beijing that it will no longer tolerate dissent in Hong Kong, which was shaken by months of massive, sometimes violent anti-government protests last year.
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