The last protest organized by the CHRF in Hong Kong, on August 18, drew many hundreds of thousands of people (organizers say 1.7M) to a completely peacefully rally and march with no police in sight. Now HK police have banned a subsequent march on the grounds of risk to the public
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My understanding is that this onerous riot law, along with the system of colored flags police use to warn protesters when they will shoot at them, is a relic of British colonial rule. It could have been repealed before the handover, but Britain is never thoughtful when leaving
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Old joke: KISSINGER: In America, we have freedom of assembly. Any citizen can stand outside the White House and protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam. BREZHNEV: We also have this freedom here. Any Soviet citizen can stand outside the Kremlin and protest U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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