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Added on the 02/09/2019 17:13:29 - Copyright : AFP EN
Hundreds of Hong Kong secondary students rally at a downtown plaza in support of the protest movement calling for democracy in the former British colony, pledging their support for a planned mass student strike when school reopens in September.
Hong Kong protests
Thousands of black-clad students rally at the start of a two-week boycott of university classes, piling pressure on Hong Kong's leaders to resolve months of increasingly violent anti-government protests that show no sign of easing. IMAGES
Students clean a memorial to the Tiananmen dead known as "The Pillar of Shame" at the Hong Kong University. IMAGES
A new national security law has all but wiped out the mass democracy protests that rocked the city last year and has left swathes of the population too scared to speak out.
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