Hong Kong braces for huge rally after leader climbdown
Police gathering in the street during a rally against an extradition bill outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China, on June 12, 2019. Protesters will march again tomorrow, from a park on the main island to the city's Parliament. – EPA pic, June 15, 2019.
HONG Kong is bracing for another mass rally tomorrow as public anger seethes following unprecedented clashes between protesters and police over a controversial extradition law, despite a climbdown by the city’s embattled leader. Organisers are hoping for another mammoth turnout as they vowed to keep pressure on chief executive Carrie Lam, who suspended work on the hugely divisive bill after days of mounting pressure, saying she had misjudged the public mood.
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