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Scenes from Hong Kong

Photo by Tugo Cheng.

Video by The Guardian, June 16, 2019: “Protesters dressed in black have marched through central Hong Kong demanding a full retraction of the China extradition law. The huge new rally comes after Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, announced an indefinite halt to the proposed bill, which would allow residents and visitors to be sent for trial in China’s opaque Communist-controlled court system.”

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