Hong Kong protest leaders poised to give up fight
A Hong Kong civil rights group that helped organise the mass pro-democracy protests in 2019 is preparing to disband, according to local media.
The Civil Human Rights Front is understood to be meeting tomorrow to decide whether to fold. If it does so, it will deal another blow to the city’s pro-democracy camp, which has been crumbling since Beijing imposed a tough national security law on the territory in June last year.
The front, established in 2002 by more than 50 groups campaigning for human rights, labour rights and women’s rights, is facing a police investigation into its activities. Most of its member groups have withdrawn or dissolved since the law took effect.
Source: The Times #Aug12
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A Hong Kong civil rights group that helped organise the mass pro-democracy protests in 2019 is preparing to disband, according to local media.
The Civil Human Rights Front is understood to be meeting tomorrow to decide whether to fold. If it does so, it will deal another blow to the city’s pro-democracy camp, which has been crumbling since Beijing imposed a tough national security law on the territory in June last year.
The front, established in 2002 by more than 50 groups campaigning for human rights, labour rights and women’s rights, is facing a police investigation into its activities. Most of its member groups have withdrawn or dissolved since the law took effect.
Source: The Times #Aug12
https://t.co/1sFSnLyJrb?amp=1
#HongKongCivilRightsGroup #Mass #Democracy