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Added on the 08/12/2019 11:34:13 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Hong Kong, Mar 1 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds surrounded a court Monday in Hong Kong to show support for 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists who made their first appearance before the judge a day after police charged them for conspiring to subvert state power under a national security law.In an event not seen since the enforcement of coronavirus-related social distancing rules months ago, and since the Beijing-imposed security law took effect in the city in June, the pro-democracy crowd grew in the early morning outside West Kowloon Magistrate. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS GATHER TO SHOW SUPPORT OF ARRESTED FELLOW ACTIVISTS OUTSIDE THE WEST KOWLOON COURT IN HONG KONG.
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