CHINA
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Rally Displaced by Pro-Beijing Event, Organizers Say
Mike Ives, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Organizers of a pro-democracy rally held annually in July on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China said that they had been denied permission to use a downtown park, a move that threatens to raise tensions ahead of an expected visit by Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. The organizing group, the Civil Human Rights Front, a coalition of pro-democracy activists, has traditionally used Victoria Park as the starting point for a July 1 rally that calls for universal suffrage and the preservation of civil liberties …read more
Source: Victims of Communism