Hong Kong court bans protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong'

Anti-government protesters singing as they gathered in a shopping mall on May 13, 2020. - AFP

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Court of Appeal on Wednesday (May 8) banned "Glory to Hong Kong", a protest song penned during massive pro-democracy demonstrations in 2019, which was already all but illegal after Beijing imposed the national security law.

The song grew massively popular during the huge and at times violent protests, and was also secretly recorded by an anonymous orchestra. Its defiant lyrics incorporate the key protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times".