Hong Kong activists hold vigil for deceased supporters

Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong held a memorial vigil Wednesday night for deceased supporters of the movement that has brought hundreds of thousands of residents of the semi-autonomous Chinese territory into the streets in protest in recent weeks. Dozens of participants sang hymns and lit candles in remembrance of protesters, one who fell after hanging a banner and at least one other, in an apparent suicide, who left a message on a wall asking others to keep up the fight. Zita Lo, a friend of one of those who died, said Hong Kong's China-approved chief executive, Carrie Lam, has never directly responded to the deaths.

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