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Pro-democracy lawmakers, Leung Kwok-hung (2nd L) also known as 'long hair', Edward Yiu Chung-yim (centre L), Lau Siu-lai (centre R) and Nathan Law (2nd R), shout slogans at a rally in front of Civic Square in Hong Kong on July 14, 2017, after a verdict was handed down invalidating their oaths, taken on October 12 last year. Four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified from Hong Kong's parliament on July 14 in a move that will worsen growing fears the city's freedoms are under serious threat from Beijing. / AFP PHOTO / ISAAC LAWRENCE (Photo credit should read ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)