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Hong Kong police fire tear gas as thousands of pro-democracy protesters hit the streets, defying authorities with another unsanctioned march after Beijing vowed to tighten its control over the unrest-plagued city. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Aug 9 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Hong Kong residents are taking up the United Kingdom’s offer of safe haven and a path to British citizenship rolled out in response to Beijing's crackdown on the former British colony and the introduction of a national security law that curtails freedom of speech. The British government expects roughly 300,000 to take up the offer over the next five years. The National Security Law that Beijing imposed on the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong this time last year silenced the protests that erupted in 2019 but also led to mass arrests, the marginalization of the political opposition and prompted many citizens to consider emigrating. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE LINE UP TO CHECK IN FOR A LONDON-BOUND FLIGHT AT BRITISH AIRWAYS COUNTERS IN HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN HONG KONG.
Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Hong Kong, defying police with an unsanctioned march as the democracy movement shows no signs of abating after nearly five months. IMAGES
Hong Kong democracy activists hit the streets again in heavy rain in defiance of an emergency law criminalising protesters wearing face masks despite a court rejecting a challenge to the ban and half the city's subway stations remaining closed. IMAGES
Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam announces a ban on protesters wearing face masks, invoking colonial-era emergency powers, in a bid to end months of violent protests. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters defied a police ban and began marching through Hong Kong on Sunday, a day after riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in the latest violent confrontation to plunge the financial hub deeper into crisis. IMAGES
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