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Hong Kong, Mar 4 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of protesters gathered again on Thursday outside a Hong Kong Court where the preliminary hearing of the 47 opponents charged with conspiracy to subvert state powers under the National Security Law has been carrying out. The hearing has been dragging on since Monday. Several of those appearing have been hospitalized because of exhaustion.The 47 dissidents were among 55 people rounded up on January 6 and 7 by police in a mass arrest operation that sent shockwaves through Hong Kong. They were alleged to have attempted to paralyze the government through their involvement in the primaries held in July 2020. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS GATHER OUTSIDE THE WEST KOWLOON COURT BUILDING IN HONG KONG.
Protesters return to the streets of Hong Kong, ending a brief election lull and demanding the government make concessions a week after pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory. IMAGES
Tear gas is deployed once again as thousands of pro-democracy protesters hit the streets of Hong Kong for the 10th weekend in a row, once again defying police after a night of "hit-and-run" rallies across the city. IMAGES
In a huge march that marks the seventh straight weekend of protest, demonstrators march pass the end point sanctioned by the police towards the direction of the area of police and government headquarters. IMAGES
Thousands return to the streets of Hong Kong in the first mass pro-democracy protest since activists occupied parts of the city for three months last year. Gavino Garay reports.
Hong Kong, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and opposition figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under Beijing's imposed national security law, returned to the West Kowloon Court Thursday as they waited for the case to be transferred to the higher Court of First Instance, where the maximum sentence is life in prison. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND OPPOSITION FIGURES ARRIVE AT WEST KOWLOON COURT IN HONG KONG.