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Rare Hong Kong Protest Sounds Alarm On New Security Law

Members of the League of Social Democrats protest against Hong Kong's planned new national security law on Tuesday (Credit: AFP)

Hong Kong activists on Tuesday staged a rare public protest against government plans for a new national security law, saying it lacked democratic oversight and human rights safeguards.

Public demonstrations have all but vanished in the Chinese finance hub since Beijing quelled huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 and imposed a sweeping national security law.

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