Hong Kong protesters plan mass weekend action, despite ban
A mass march is planned for Saturday after protesters created Halloween havoc as a court curbs online messages that incite violence
01 November 2019 - 15:12
Hong Kong — Hong Kong protesters planned flash mob demonstrations in shopping malls on Friday after a night of clashes in a central bar district as prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong called for 100,000 people to take to the streets on Saturday.
Black-clad, anti-government protesters, wearing now banned face masks, mingled with fancy-dress Halloween revelers in the narrow, sloping streets of Lan Kwai Fong on Thursday, the first time the district had been targeted...
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