Hong Kong protests: "Nobody is safe" under extradition – BBC Newsnight



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Protesters gather outside government offices in Hong Kong to protest a controversial extradition law.
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Some of the largest events ever seen in the former British colony have attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the streets.

Protesters see the new law (which would authorize the shipment of suspected criminals to Mainland China) as a dangerous attempt to undermine the city's judicial independence.

But Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has refused to reverse the bill.

Our international publisher, Gabriel Gatehouse, reports on the city.

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