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Added on the 20/07/2020 12:52:35 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Smoke can be seen rising from a building at the besieged Hong Kong Polytechnic University where anti-government protesters have been holed up after intense clashes with riot police since the weekend. IMAGES
Two men accused of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services appear at London's Old Bailey court for a hearing, days after a third man, former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead in what police say are unexplained circumstances. The three men were charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and with foreign interference, in violation of the 2023 National Security Act. IMAGES
A small group of protesters gather outside the Hong Kong court where the city's largest national security trial was set to begin. "Crackdown is shameless," read a banner carried by two people, adding: "Immediately release all political prisoners." IMAGES
Protesters gather outside Downing Street, calling on the British Government to deport the Chinese officials who are alleged to have attacked a pro-democracy for Hong Kong protester who was demonstrating outside the consulate last week. IMAGES ANIMATED TWEET
Firefighters battle to quell flames from a car set ablaze near the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as protesters block a highway by throwing objects and Molotov cocktails off a bridge. IMAGES
Tensions rise between police and anti-government protesters at Hong Kong's Tuen Mun district. The international finance hub has been upended by five months of huge and increasingly violent rallies, but Beijing has refused to give in to most of the movement's demands. IMAGES
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