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The Civil Front for Human Rights in Hong Kong has decided to cancel the demonstration it had called for this Saturday after not receiving permission from the Police to organize it, said its vice-coordinator, Bonny Leung .

The Police had disallowed this proposal and its organizers appealed the decision without success, so they have finally chosen to cancel it "to protect the protesters and ensure that there are no legal consequences for them." "We have no choice but to cancel the march. We apologize to the people but we will continue to ask the authorities to let us call new demonstrations that will pick up our usual requests," he added.

According to Leung, "it is significant that they have rejected the call of an organization like ours. It is an absolute violation of the most basic human rights of the people of Hong Kong. It is not possible to trust this system." "We have no choice but to continue with our movement. It is in human nature that if the demands are not heard, the Hong Kong people will become more radical, and that is something that the Front does not want to see. That is why we will continue to be asked to let us manifest peaceful way, "he added.

The decision to cancel the march comes hours after the arrests of activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow of the pro- Democratic party Demosisto , and of independence independence Andy Chan , who have raised tension on Friday in the former British colony.

These arrests occur at a time of maximum tension in the city, which for 12 weeks chained demonstrations in its streets that originated from a proposed extradition law that, in theory, would have allowed Beijing to access "fugitives" refugees in Hong Kong territory.

After the arrests, Demosisto has published a statement accusing authorities of carrying out "large-scale raids" to scare protesters into a "political operation." The formation remembers that the protests of this summer do not have clear leaders and calls to the hongkoneses "to continue fighting by its rights".

The protests that the city has been experiencing for months have been accompanied by police repression to placate the protesters' attempts to affect the normal course of the city with strikes and occupations of official buildings, police stations, subway stations or the airport.

Although they began as an opposition to a controversial extradition bill, protesters' demands have expanded and demand an improvement in the city's democratic mechanisms.

For its part, Beijing says that behind the protests there is a "black hand" and points to "some US forces" as responsible. He has also announced on several occasions that Chinese troops quartered in the city are not "symbolic" and that "there is no reason for them to remain without doing anything" if the situation worsens.

In the middle of this month, several Chinese military vehicles traveled to the border city of Shenzhen , where Chinese troops carried out a series of maneuvers, something that unleashed fears among the people of Hong Kong before a possible entrance to stop the protests.

After recovering the sovereignty of the territory of British hands in 1997, and under the formula "one country, two systems" , the Chinese Government undertook to maintain the autonomy of Hong Kong and to respect until 2047 a series of freedoms that do not enjoy the citizens of mainland China.

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