23 years after the Hong Kong Handover, thousands of protesters defied a police ban to march in Causeway Bay in protest of the newly-enforced national security law. Police blocked MTR exits, deployed water cannon, pepper spray and cordoned off main roads. Protesters chanted Hong Kong independence slogans despite the new legislation. A man in possession of an independence flag was among 70 arrested. Follow the developing story here.

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Arrested individuals boarding bus on 1 July 2020. Photo: Kevin Cheng/United Social Press.
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Pro-democracy activist Figo Chan at 1 July 2020 protest. Photo: inmedia.net via CC2.0.
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Hong Kong Free Press is a new, non-profit, English-language news source seeking to unite critical voices on local and national affairs. Free of charge and completely independent, HKFP arrives amid rising concerns over declining press freedom in Hong Kong and during an important time in the city’s constitutional development.