MOSCOW, 19 Jul – RIA Novosti. U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that the United States condemns the detention in Hong Kong of opposition supporters for staging protests last year, said in a statement the state Department.
Earlier edition of South China Morning Post reported that the Hong Kong police on Saturday detained 14 influential supporters of the opposition for organizing and participating in illegal protests last year. Law enforcement officers are also searching for the supporter of the opposition, the media tycoon and founder of the newspaper Apple Daily, Jimmy Lai, however, when the police came to his home, he was not there. According to the newspaper’s sources, the detainees are suspected of illegal Assembly 18 August, 1 October and 20 October last year.
Mass protests provoked by the consideration of the bill on extradition, held in Hong Kong from the beginning of June 2019. After large-scale protests Hong Kong authorities have made concessions, and in early October the draft law was completely revoked. However, the protests have not stopped, they have become few, but more violent. For six months in Hong Kong were over 900 demonstrations, marches, protests.
