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UPDATED: 09:33 ET 2021-03-01
Hundreds of people gathered in protest outside a Hong Kong court on Monday as the authorities charged 47 pro-democracy activists, including sitting councilors and former lawmakers, with subversion under a national security law imposed on the city by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
As the crowd many of whom wore black clothing in solidarity with the detainees chanted banned slogans from the 2019 protest movement, including Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now! , Go Hong Kong! and Five demands, not one less! , the defendants appeared in court after being charged and remanded in custody in a mass operation on Sunday.
Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu were struck off after they spoke up for their clients, who were among the 12 Hong Kong protesters detained for illegally crossing a border.