Hong Kong Protests Silenced

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Hong Kong: A decade of protest is now a defiant memory

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Hundreds of thousands have taken part in protests in the past decade since a pro-democracy movement erupted in 2014 .

As a turbulent decade draws to a close, hopes for a freer Hong Kong have withered.

Hundreds have been jailed under a sweeping national security law ( NSL ) Hundreds of disillusioned and wary Hongkongers have fled the city.

Chan Chan has watched these events unfold from afar with a heavy heart.

After 2014 , there had still been the possibility of change, he said.

Now, “a lot of things have become impossible Hong Kong has become no different from other Chinese cities” Critics accuse China of reneging on the deal it struck in 1997 .

Beijing defends restrictions - including the NSL under which the trials are happening - as essential for stability.

Kasumi moved to the UK with her husband and young daughter after the Occupy Central protests began in 2014 .

She struggled with a deep homesickness which she documented in emotional video diaries on YouTube .

The UK offered a visa scheme for Hongkongers born before the 1997 handover.

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