Hong Kong braced for weekend of protests despite cancellation of march

After 13 weeks of defiance, the movement faces a watershed amid wave of arrests and growing violence

Hong Kong has braced for another weekend of mass protests as demonstrators prepared to defy a police ban and mark the anniversary of a decision by Beijing to limit democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

Activists were planning protests in locations across the city on Saturday even after organisers of a major march planned for the afternoon cancelled the event, following a wave of arrests of prominent pro-democracy activists and lawmakers on Friday.

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