HONG KONG — Protesters planned to rally in Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon, a test of the movement’s strength after a police ban on the march and attacks on promoters. Demonstrators will gather in Tsim Sha Tsui, a crowded commercial district on the southern tip of the Kowloon Peninsula, then march to West Kowloon, site of an arts district and a high-speed rail station that links the city to mainland China. The Civil Human Rights Front, the organizer of large, peaceful marches this summer they estimate were attended by up to two million people, applied to host the event Sunday. But the police rejected the application, saying that such demonstrations have often been hijacked by vandalism and violence. After that denial, the Civil Human Rights Front backed out of hosting the march, but one of its leaders, Figo Chan, and other pro-democracy figures called on people to turn out anyway.

Source: New York Times October 20, 2019 03:56 UTC