The pro-democracy group behind Hong Kong’s annual July 1 rally and the famous street protests of 2019 has announced it is disbanding.
The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the pro-democracy group behind Hong Kong’s annual July 1 rally and the famous street protests of 2019, has announced it is disbanding amid the city’s crackdown on groups and individuals opposed to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “In the course of over a year, the government continuously used the pandemic as a reason to reject the demonstration applications of CHRF and other groups — each member group was oppressed, and civil society was facing unprecedented challenges,” the group said in a statement. “Even though CHRF no longer exists today, we believe that different organisations will still keep their beliefs, not forget about their original intentions, and support civil society.” The organization added that its roughly HK$1.6 million worth of assets would be donated to “appropriate groups.
