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Small protests happened on Wednesday early morning.
The nationwide security law targets secession, subversion and terrorism with punishments up to life in jail.
However critics say the law is the “end of Hong Kong”, and stops those freedoms.
The city’s leader, however, said the law would “restore stability” after extensive demonstrations in2019
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Hong Kong President Carrie Lam (centre) said the brand-new law was long overdue.
Will there be mass protests on the anniversary?
A pro-democracy demonstration is held each year on the anniversary, generally participated in by tens or hundreds of thousands of individuals.
But for the first time given that the handover, authorities banned the march – pointing out a ban on events of more than 50 people since of coronavirus.
Some activists have actually vowed to defy the restriction and march later in the afternoon.
” We march every year … and we will continue marching,” pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung informed Reuters.
Photos on social networks – verified by cops as authentic – revealed a flag being used to alert protesters about the new law.
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One pro-democracy activist warned there was a “la