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Hong Kongers queue to buy copies of the last edition of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, ending a 26-year run of taking on China's authoritarian leaders. IMAGES

Added on the 23/06/2021 21:26:04 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images

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