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Hong Kong’s last democrats: Activists fight for freedom despite Beijing’s crackdown

By France24
31 January 2023   |   5:34 am
What's left of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement? Since the implementation of the 2020 National Security law, police have been arresting anti-regime activists en masse. Most are now in prison or in exile. Authorities dissuade and crack down on all forms of protest.

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