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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
A small group of protesters gather outside the Hong Kong court where the city's largest national security trial was set to begin. "Crackdown is shameless," read a banner carried by two people, adding: "Immediately release all political prisoners." IMAGES
The retired 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal Joseph Zen arrives at court where he will go on trial alongside four fellow democracy supporters for their role in running a fund to help defend people arrested in anti-government protests. Cardinal Zen, one of Asia's highest-ranking Catholic clerics, was originally detained earlier this year under a national security law that Beijing imposed on Hong Kong to quell dissent. IMAGES
Ninety-year-old retired Catholic cardinal Joseph Zen arrives at court Tuesday to face charges of failing to register a protest defence fund, after initially being arrested under Hong Kong's national security law. Zen is one of Asia's highest-ranking Catholic clerics. IMAGES
Veteran pro-democracy activists arrive at a Hong Kong court to receive their sentences after being convicted for their roles in organising and participating in one of the biggest democracy protests that had engulfed the city in 2019. IMAGES
Protesters gather as Hong Kong's leader announces a ban on protesters wearing face masks, invoking colonial-era emergency powers for the first time in 52 years, in a bid to quell months of violent anti-government unrest. IMAGES
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