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Added on the 05/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Police charge at Hong Kong protesters holding an unsanctioned march through the city, making arrests and firing tear gas into the crowd. IMAGES
Tokyo, Jun 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Franck Robichon) Protesters on Saturday staged a protest in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong on the second anniversary of the start of the protests against the extradition bill to China that started the Hong Kong protest movement in 2019.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN TOKYO.
Hong Kong, May 17 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and nine other well-known pro-democracy figures pleaded guilty in court on Monday to organizing an unauthorized assembly on China's national day in 2019.In addition to Lai, 73, veteran activist "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan, lawyer and veteran democrat Albert Ho, convener of Civil Human Rights Front Figo Chan, former district councilor Richard Tsoi, and former lawmakers Cyd Ho, Yeung Sum, Avery Ng and Sin Chung-kai pleaded guilty to the same charge. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). B-ROLL OF THE NEXT DIGITAL HEADQUARTERS IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, May 6 (EFE).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Friday to 10 months in jail for joining an annual vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Massacre in June, which was banned due to the Covid-19 pandemic.(Camera: ARCHIVE)SHOT LIST: ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF JOSHUA WONG AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL COMMEMORATING THE TIANANMEN MASSACRE HELD IN JUNE IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and three other fellow advocates were convicted Friday by a local court of participating in an unauthorized 2020 assembly commemorating China’s Tiananmen crackdown.Wong, 24, Lester Shum, 27, Tiffany Yuen, 27, and Jannell Leung, 26, among Hong Kong’s young generation of pro-democracy activists, appeared at the District Court to plead guilty to one count of knowingly taking part in the unauthorized Jun. 4 candlelight vigil in Victoria Park. The event marked 31 years since Chinese armed forces killed hundreds of protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989.“Even when the world changes, we will not change ourselves!” said Wong after the hearing before leaving the dock. The activist is currently serving two jail terms totaling almost a year and a half for protest-related charges. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS JOSHUA WONG, LESTER SHUM, AND TIFFANY YUEN, IN HONG KONG.