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| Subject: Saturday Protest Canceled In Hong Kong After Sudden Arrest Of Key Activists Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:44 pm | |
| Saturday's planned protest in Hong Kong has been canceled after the arrest of three of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest leaders on Friday; Joshua Wong, Andy Chan, and Agnes Chow.
CNBC's Eunice Yoon notes that the arrests are being described on Chinese media as a crackdown on "the activists who create chaos in Hong Kong."
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was released from jail hours after he was "forcefully" pushed into a car by police. Agnes Chow was released as well.
Saturday's planned protest marking the fifth anniversary of the 2014 event which sparked the Umbrella Movement has been canceled.
Bonnie Leung from the Civil Human Rights Front said:
The appeal board has just rejected our appeal.
Our first principle is always to protect all the participants and make sure that no one could bear legal consequences because of participating in the protest that we organised.
However, because of the appeal board’s decision, we can see no way that we can keep this principle and also continue our march and protest. Therefore the civil human rights front has no option but to cancel the march tomorrow.
The Civil Human Rights Front would like to sincerely apologise to the public and hope you can understand what we explained and the difficulty we are facing. At the same time, we understand that the right to march and the right to protest is a human right and is very important to Hong HOng people. The CHRF will continue to apply for marches and apply for rallies.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-arrested-ahead-weekend-protests?fbclid=IwAR3vt8UHB1cbkxuSHE8a2HD3L64Lfh6PtKcTxkRXYhNlXG8gT0yHVsQNGSs |
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