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Voting gets underway for Hong Kong's legislature poll under new "patriots only" rules imposed by Beijing that drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office. IMAGES
About 20 people attend a vigil in Hong Kong in honour of the Chinese doctor who raised the death alert for the coronavirus. The death of Li Wenliang, who had been punished for sounding the alarm about the emergence of this new virus, has unleashed great anger in China. IMAGES
Huge crowds in Hong Kong take part in a protest march as anger swells over plans to allow extraditions to China, a proposal that has sparked the biggest public backlash against the city's pro-Beijing leadership in years. IMAGES
Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong's now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at Wanchai District Court ahead of a ruling in a landmark sedition trial. It's the first case of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997. IMAGES
Two men accused of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services appear at London's Old Bailey court for a hearing, days after a third man, former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead in what police say are unexplained circumstances. The three men were charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and with foreign interference, in violation of the 2023 National Security Act. IMAGES
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