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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Leading Hong Kong pro-democracy party disbands: ‘We will not be the last to fall’

Members of the League of Social Democrats with leader Chan Po Ying (centre) shout slogans after a press conference at their headquarters in Hong Kong - (AFP via Getty)

One of Hong Kong’s last major pro-democracy political parties has shut down, in a significant blow to the movement fighting for greater autonomy in the face of Beijing’s unprecedented crackdown on dissent.

The League of Social Democrats (LSD), which has been one of the most vocal critics of Beijing's tightening grip over Hong Kong’s political system, announced its decision to disband due to “immense political pressure”.

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