破紀錄103萬港上街，參與「反送中惡法」大遊行，希望逼使香港政府撤銷允許嫌疑犯被引渡至中國受審的逃犯條例修正案，民陣宣布。
這是香港自2003年促使港府擱置基本法第23條立法的七一大遊行以來，16年來規模最大的遊行。
對該條例的疑慮，包括民主與人權團體、大中學生、媒體、教會團體、律師以及忌憚牴觸政府的親建制派人物。
2014年發起公民抗命佔中運動而遭判刑的香港大學法律系教授戴耀廷，在獄中呼籲民眾參與遊行，他寫道「送中條例正是香港當前最大的威脅，一旦通過，香港會倒退為一國一制」。
4月有13萬人遊行反送中。18萬人現身追悼六四天安門大屠殺30周年紀念，同時反對送中惡法。6日有3000名法律界人士黑衣遊行，大律師公會及律師會，均反對修訂該條例。
美國國務卿及德國與英國外長已聲明反對該條例，而11名歐盟代表則與特首林鄭會面，正式提出外交照會。
林鄭政府卻無視民意及國際關注，拒絶廣泛咨詢，硬推惡法。宜懸崖勒馬。
A record 1.03 million took to the streets, the largest protest in 16 years, to protest the proposed amendment to extradite fugitives to China, according to organisers.
This is the largest protest in Hong Kong since the July 1st Rally in 2003, which prompted the Hong Kong Government to suspend the introduction of Article 23 on national security of the Basic Law.
Concerns about the proposed law include democratic and human rights groups, university and secondary school students, the media, church groups, lawyers, and even pro-establishment figures who are rarely against the government.
Benny Tai, law professor at the University of Hong Kong, who is jailed the civil disobedience movement Occupy Central of2014, called on the people to participate in protest. He said, ‘the extradition law is the largest threat facing Hong Kong. Once passed, Hong Kong will regress to One Country One System.’
In April, 130,000 people marched against the law. 180,000 people gathered to mourn the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, while opposing law. On June 6, 3,000 lawyers marched in black, plus the Bar Association and the Law Society both opposed the amendment.
The US Secretary of State and the German and British foreign ministers have already stated their opposition to the regulation, while 11 representatives from the European Union met with Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and handed her a démarche, a formal protest note.
The Carrie Lam government ignored public opinion and international concern, refused broadly-based consultation and trying to ram through the law. Let’s hope the government will come to its senses.
