HONG KONG - Hong Kong police on Sunday (March 26) permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020. Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored their march against a...
Protesters are required to wear numbered lanyards around their necks as they protest against a land reclamation and waste transfer station project during one of the first demonstrations to be formally approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law, in Hong Kong, China, on March 26, 2023.
Some also criticised the restrictions on their protest, which included a maximum of 100 participants, according to a seven-page letter from police to organisers, seen by Reuters. Responding to the protest, the city's Development Bureau said the project was intended to "support the daily needs of the community".
"Some lawbreakers may mix into the public meeting and procession to disrupt public order or even engage in illegal violence," the police warned in their letter.Organisers said up to 50 people took part in the first protest to be authorised by the city's police for several years. They later told media that around 80 people joined Sunday's protest.
Some Western governments have criticised the law as a tool of repression but Chinese authorities say it has restored stability to the financial hub.
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