Thousand of legal professionals wearing black, stage a silent protest to the Central Government Offices, demanding authorities scrap a proposed extradition bill with China, in Hong Kong, China June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - More than 3,000 Hong Kong lawyers held a rare protest march on Thursday against a proposed extradition bill that could see individuals sent to China to face trial in what the last British governor said would be a "terrible blow" to the rule of law.
The lawyers, dressed in black, chatted animatedly among themselves as they made their way from the Chinese-ruled city's highest Court of Final Appeal to the Central Government Offices on a sweltering evening.
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