Hong Kong Denies Approval for Protest on China National Day
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A Hong Kong appeals panel upheld a police ban on a mass protest planned for Thursday, leaving demonstrators the choice between staying home or risking arrest.
The Hong Kong Appeal Board on Public Meetings and Processions rejected plans for a march through Hong Kong to mark China’s National Day, a police representative said in a media briefing late Monday. The march was planned by Civil Human Rights Front which has organized some of the city’s largest-ever protests, including peaceful gatherings against extradition legislation last year that attracted more than a million people and helped lead to the proposal’s ultimate withdrawal.