Hong Kong lawyers on Friday marched against a move by China that they see as infringing on judicial independence in the city.

Dressed in black, the lawyers slowly marched about three blocks between the High Court in Admiralty and the Court of Final Appeal, the city's highest court, in the Central business district. A Hong Kong Police spokeswoman estimated the number of participants at about 850. The march was only the third such protest by the city's lawyers since Hong Kong was handed back to China 17 years ago.

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