thomas gift, thank you so much. we re following events in hong kong. and the ban on face coverings. a high court rejected an appeal to stop the ban. protesters are on the street marching. you see them there under the umbrellas. pro-democracy lawmakers tried to stop it from taking effect. after the reskwrebz, the court agreed to a judicial review hearing on the ban to take place later this month. cnn is live on the streets of hong kong with ana coren. what is the latest ruling from this high court? reporter: george, this march has been going for two hours, and there is still a constant stream of protesters,ing defying the anti-mask ban that came into place friday at midnight. the chief executive carrie lam
we are really getting a sense that despite what the government are doing, people are still marching, gathering. and then as often happens, violence and clashes erupt between the hardline protesters and police. the fact that people have turned out in the tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, george, is really quite extraordinary. they are extending a very strong message to the hong kong government that they are going to continue to protect and fight for their civil liberties. ana, thank you. in iraq, chaos on the streets as well. violent protests show no sign of letting up. we ll take you live to baghdad for the latest there. and the man who worked in the obscure national security program that is keeping him from truly calling america his home. stand by.
ana, you are pointing something out. tell us. reporter: yeah, george, that is the police headquarters. riot police positioned there. that is where they have been firing the tear gas, firing at multiple locations. but to that point, it is only a quarter past 5:00 in the afternoon. as we know, the running battles and violence only escalate as nightfall arrives. we saw the ugly violence after carely lam announced her face mask ban. protesters were setting fire to the network here, to shops considered to be pro-china, pro-hong kong government, state-owned bank of china also. real, yeah, just violence
we re watching what happens on the streets. let s go now to ana coren who is there. what more can you tell us? let s go back to the live image as we get ana in position there. you see the live images on the streets just a short time ago. in fact, 13 minutes ago perhaps that we were looking at the images of police using tear gas. they had a sign that said they will deploy tear gas. they would show the sign and then throw the canisters of tear gas out towards the crowds. i believe we now have ana coren with us. ana, if you can hear us, tell us about what you re seeing on the streets right now? reporter: george, we are here and there is i guess several hundred protesters who have
and now protesters also want charges filed against police and gangsters involved in earlier violence against demonstrators. they re also demanding free elections where the candidates are not chosen by government officials. ana coren has more. reporter: frederica, it s been another ugly and violent night here on the streets of hong kong. the police have gone home. the protesters have gone home, but for more than five hours protesters and police clashed, tear gas was dispersed over and over and over again. we got caught up in one of the early clashes, tear gas going off very close to where we were doing a live report. and sucking in that gas, it was absolutely horrific. even though we were wearing gas masks it was burning our lungs, burning our skin. and to think that the protesters