The rally will be a test of the city’s civil liberties following Beijing’s imposition of a national security law. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong women’s group said it received approval from police for a planned rally Sunday, in what would be one of the first authorised marches since mass protests ended in early 2020.
The police regularly approved protests before historically large and sometimes violent pro-democracy demonstrations in 2019, prompting Beijing to hand down the security law and limit people’s ability to criticise the government. Police haven’t approved any demonstrations in the past three years because of health concerns, the city’s security chief, Chris Tang, said in a radio interview Jan 28.a 945-day mask mandate was lifted.
The women workers’ rally will start at 11am local time at Southorn Playground in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island and march to the government’s headquarters in Admiralty, according to a post on the group’s Facebook page.
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