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A group of Regina residents is gathering at City Hall today to show support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, who have been demonstrating for more than two months to stop a proposed extradition bill and implement dual universal suffrage for Hong Kongers.

The gathering is set to begin at 1 p.m.

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The protest is in conjunction with gatherings in six other major Canadian cities, as well as across the world.

“We ask the people of Canada to stand with us in solidarity to safeguard the core values we both share,” said Hong Kong activist and Haligonian Joshua Wong in a statement.

Protesters are asking Canadians to call on their own MPs to press Britain and China to follow the Sino-British Declaration on 1984, to condemn police brutality and maltreatment of dissidents, and to urge the Hong Kong government to meet the five demands Hong Kongers have put forward. This includes withdrawing the proposed bill, the government to not use the word “riot” in relation to protests, the unconditional release of arrested protesters and dropping charges against them, an independent inquiry into police behaviour, and the implementation of genuine universal suffrage.

The protests have been going on in Hong Kong since early June.