HK Security Hearing Adjourned After Activist Collapses in Court

Dozens of activists, ex-lawmakers hit with subversion charges
Hundreds of supporters gather, some chanting banned slogans

Pro-democracy demonstrators gesture the “Five demands, not one less” protest motto while waiting to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong on March 1.Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg

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By Chloe Lo, Kari Soo Lindberg, and Natalie Lung

February 28, 2021 at 7:06 AM UTC

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March 1, 2021 at 7:26 PM UTC

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A Hong Kong court adjourned the arraignment of dozens of democracy advocates until later on Tuesday after one of the people facing charges of subversion collapsed and was taken to the hospital.