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Added on the 28/02/2023 03:05:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at Wanchai District Court ahead of a ruling in a landmark sedition trial. It's the first case of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. IMAGES
Two men accused of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services appear at London's Old Bailey court for a hearing, days after a third man, former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead in what police say are unexplained circumstances. The three men were charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and with foreign interference, in violation of the 2023 National Security Act. IMAGES
The United States denounces Hong Kong's ban on a protest song sung by pro-democracy demonstrators, saying it further tarnishes the financial hub's reputation. "The decision to ban this song is the latest blow to the international reputation of a city that previously prided itself on having an independent judiciary protecting the free exchange of information, ideas and goods," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
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