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In Hong Kong, After Mass Arrests, Banned Marches, Pro-Democracy Rallies
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Suzanne Sataline

   HONG KONG - Activists and protesters prepared for a tense and long
   Saturday, a day after Hong Kong police rounded up more than two dozen
   pro-democracy activists and banned a proposed march, as officials
   sought to crush an increasingly agitated anti-government movement.

   Lawmakers, activists and prominent student leaders Joshua Wong and
   Agnes Chow were charged Friday with violating various public disorder
   laws, a move that critics called a clear attempt to discourage
   supporters and end the nearly three-month-long campaign. Both were
   charged in connection with the June 21 siege of police headquarters,
   when protesters surrounded and vandalized the building for hours.

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