Hong Kong Activists Call on G20 Leaders to Help ‘Liberate’ City

Over one thousand protesters marched to major foreign consulates in Hong Kong on June 26, urging leaders to support scrapping the extradition bill.

Hong Kong activists march to major international consulates in an attempt to rally foreign governments' support for their fight against a controversial extradition bill, in Hong Kong, China on June 26, 2019. Ann Wang/Reuters

HONG KONG–More than one thousand protesters marched to major foreign consulates in Hong Kong on June 26, urging leaders at the upcoming G20 summit to support the full scrapping of a controversial extradition bill.

Holding placards that read “Please Liberate Hong Kong” in multiple languages including Russian and German, the demonstrators, some wearing masks, marched to consulates of nations represented at the Group of 20 major economies summit in Japan this weekend.