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Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters gather outside a police station at Hong Kong's Mongkok district while police in riot gear stand guard, after the activists kicked off a weekend of fresh rallies as concerns mount over Beijing's next move. IMAGES
Images of barricades and police officers surrounding a high-speed railway station ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping's expected arrival in Hong Kong on the eve of 25th anniversary of the city's handover to communist China. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 9 (EFE/EPA).- Police from the National Security Department of Hong Kong loaded pieces of evidence Thursday gathered at the closed June 4th Museum.The museum commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.Four members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the organisers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square candlelit vigil, were arrested on September 8, one day after officially refusing to cooperate with a national security investigation. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE)SHOT LIST: POLICE FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY DEPARTMENT LOAD PIECES OF EVIDENCE INTO A TRUCK IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
Media wait outside a Hong Kong police station where arrested academic and activist Benny Tai is believed to be held, as Hong Kong authorities awake to a chorus of international condemnation on Thursday following the mass arrest of pro-democracy opposition figures under a draconian national security law that Beijing imposed on the finance hub. IMAGES
Several thousand demonstrators march in Hong Kong -- defying authorities a year after huge pro-democracy protests erupted -- as the movement struggles in the face of arrests, coronavirus bans on crowds and a looming national security law. IMAGES
Protesters are cordoned off by police in Hong Kong as small scale protests erupt ahead of a debate in the legislature over a law that bans insulting China's national anthem. IMAGES