Hong Kong seethes one year on, but protesters on the back foot

HONG KONG (AFP): Hong Kong on Tuesday (June 9) marked a year since pro-democracy protests erupted, as mass arrests, Covid-19 (coronavirus) bans on gatherings and a looming national security law kept a lid on any return to city-wide unrest.

Seven months of massive and often violent rallies kicked off on June 9 last year when as many as one million people took to the streets to oppose a bill allowing extraditions to mainland China.