Lawyers March Against ‘Political Persecution’ in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: More than 1,000 lawyers marched through Hong Kong’s business district urging authorities to “stop political persecution” and to form an independent inquiry commission into events triggered by a now-shelved extradition Bill. Lawyers, dressed in formal black clothing, braved the scorching noon sun on Wednesday and marched in silence from the Court of Final Appeal to the Department of Justice office in the center of the city. It was the second “black clothes” march staged by the legal sector in two months over the extradition bill, which would have allowed suspects to be sent from Hong Kong to mainland China and prosecuted under the latter’s opaque legal system. Marchers demanded the Department of Justice preserve its independence and end “political prosecutions”. (IANS)

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