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Protesters at Hong Kong airport hold a sit-in protest one day after police fired volleys of tear gas at thousands of pro-democracy protesters who defied warnings from authorities to hit the streets for the tenth weekend in a row. IMAGES
Pro-democracy protesters climb a statue in Hong Kong as they stage a sit-in ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping to mark 20 years since the city was handed back to China by Britain. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Jul 1 (EFE), (Camera: Miguel Candela).- Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested hundreds of people amid fresh unrest a day after a controversial national security law was implemented on the special-status Chinese territory by Beijing.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ON WEDNESDAY IN HONG KONG
Anti-government protesters gather in Hong Kong, after China sparked outrage with a proposed new security law that campaigners fear will spell the end of the city's cherished freedoms. IMAGES
Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers, who are on their fifth day of strike, stage a protest in the offices of the Hospital Authority. They are demanding to meet with senior management and for the city to close its border completely with China as well as for the government to ensure adequate medical supplies to combat the deadly novel coronavirus. IMAGES
Hundreds of Hong Kongers stage a sit-in outside the school of a protester who was shot by police as authorities said the wounded 18-year-old was now in a stable condition. The international finance hub has been left reeling from the shooting, the first time a demonstrator has been struck with a live round in nearly four months of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests. IMAGES