Tens of Thousands of Hong Kong Protesters Plead for US Help

Tens of Thousands of Hong Kong Protesters Plead for US Help
Demonstrators wave U.S. national flags during a rally in support of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act in Hong Kong on Oct. 14, 2019. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images
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HONG KONG—Tens of thousands of mostly young pro-democracy activists rallied in Hong Kong on Oct. 14 in the first legal protest since the introduction of colonial-era emergency laws and pleaded for help from the United States.

They chanted “Fight for Freedom, Fight for Hong Kong” as they gathered peacefully near central government offices in the Admiralty district of the China-ruled city.