Campaigners urge Britain to give more rights to Hong Kong-based UK passport holders


  • World
  • Tuesday, 02 Jul 2019

FILE PHOTO: A person tears a book of Hong Kong Basic Law as he stands next to a colonial flag of Hong Kong displayed inside a chamber, after protesters broke into the Legislative Council building during the anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China in Hong Kong, China July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

LONDON (Reuters) - Campaigners handed Britain's government a letter on Monday demanding more rights for the residents of Hong Kong who have UK passports that do not give them the right to live or work in Britain.

In Hong Kong, police fired tear gas in running battles with hundreds of protesters, some of whom stormed the legislature, destroyed pictures and daubed walls with graffiti, on the anniversary of the city's 1997 return to Chinese rule.

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