- Title: Hong Kong protesters call for international pressure ahead of Sunday march
- Date: 19th October 2019
- Summary: VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST SIGN READING (English): "FREE HK" WHILE HONG KONG ANTHEM PLAYS
- Embargoed: 2nd November 2019 13:54
- Keywords: Hong Kong China protest demonstration gathering
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002B1RGGUF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Hong Kong anti-government protesters gathered at Edinburgh Place on Saturday (October 19) evening, praying and called on the international community to put pressure on the government ahead of a planned march on Sunday (October 20).
Hong Kong has been relatively calm in the past two weeks after violent protests ignited by the introduction of colonial-era emergency laws.
Demonstrations on Friday (October 18) saw protesters forming a human chain along the metro network and many wearing masks in defiance of a ban on covering faces at public rallies.
Pro-democracy leaders called on citizens to join a Sunday anti-government march in spite of the risk of arrest, after police banned the rally which is seen as a test of the protest movement's strength following months of unrest.
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