Free Jailed Shenzhen Activists, Demands Rally

About a dozen people have staged a protest in Hong Kong over the continued detention of some labour rights activists and their supporters on the mainland.

The protesters, members of the Confederation of Trade Unions, marched to the Lunar New Year Fair at the Victoria Park to press home the point that the 53 detained activists will be denied the chance to spend the holiday with their families.

Protest organiser Lam Cho-ming said they were concerned about the fate of the activists, who were trying to set up unions and improve working conditions at Jasic Technology in Shenzhen.

Lam said some of the arrested are known to be detained in Shenzhen while there is no information about others.

He said what the activists had done was no criminal act and demanded that mainland authorities release them immediately.