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It was 10 April, and the pandemic was just beginning to take root in India.
A protester holds a small placard at an event organised by Justitia Hong Kong to mourn the loss of Hong Kong s political freedoms
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The government s own advice said pregnant women were particularly vulnerable to infection, but for more than two months she was held in the overcrowded Tihar jail. They d tell other prisoners not to talk to me. They d told them I was a terrorist who d killed Hindus. Now these people didn t know about the protests, they didn t know I was jailed for participating in a protest, she told the
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Former lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (L), also known as ‘Long Hair’, convener of civil human rights front Figo Chan (centre L), former lawmaker Eddie Chu (centre R) and district councillor Tsang Kin-shing (R) arrive at West Kowloon court.
HONG KONG: Eight prominent Hong Kong democracy activists were charged Thursday with taking part in an “illegal assembly” the day after Beijing imposed its broad security law, bolstering an already sweeping crackdown on dissent.
Those charged included veteran activist “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung, the former chief of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Wu Chi-wai, ex-legislator Eddie Chu and Figo Chan, the organiser of an annual July 1 rally marking the British handover of the city to China in 1997.
Eight banned from leaving after July 1 rally raps thestandard.com.hk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestandard.com.hk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.