Hong Kong hits 47 marathon court fighters – On March 2, the BBC reported that hundreds of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong rallied the largest protest in months in front of the city-center court. To oppose the new security law that China has enforced While 47 Democratic activists report to court after being accused of undermining the government, breaking the security law. Police have threatened that protesters are also breaking security laws.
47 activists, including 39 men and eight women, aged 23-64, were arrested in the dawn of January. The primary election platform promoted unofficial democracy to elect candidates to the legislature in July. In 2020, they are all back for review. Continuing on the first day on March 1, the deliberations had to be paused because four defendants had to be brought to hospital. It took over a 15-hour marathon until late March 2, Ms Yang revealed that he had fainted because he had not eaten anything for 12 hours.
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