(9 Jun 2019) Thousands of protesters took to Hong Kong's streets on Sunday to march against government-proposed amendments to Hong Kong's extradition law.
The amendments have been widely criticized as eroding the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's judicial independence by making it easier to send criminal suspects to mainland China, where they could face vague national security charges.
The changes would allow Hong Kong to hand over fugitives to the jurisdictions that the city doesn't currently have an extradition agreement with, including mainland China.
Footage from Sunday's event showed demonstrators chanting slogans and carrying banners with messages asking to protect civil liberties and human rights.
Groups of police officers were seen monitoring the large-scale protests.
Under its "one country, two systems" framework, Hong Kong was guaranteed the right to retain its own social, legal and political systems for 50 years following its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
However, China's ruling Communist Party has been seen as increasingly reneging on that agreement by forcing through unpopular legal changes.
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