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H.K. lawmakers-elect appeal disqualification ruling

Lawmaker-elect Yau Wai-ching appears at Hong Kong's Court of Appeal on Nov. 24, 2016, to appeal a disqualification decision made last week following Beijing's constitutional interpretation aimed at barring anti-China activists from public office. Yau and lawmaker-elect Sixtus Leung of the localist party Youngspiration were barred from the legislature after the High Court ruled against them over their failure to swear allegiance to the Basic Law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. court reviews validity of two pro-independence lawmakers-elect

Sixtus Leung of pro-independence group Youngspiration arrives at the High Court in Hong Kong on Nov. 3, 2016, to attend a hearing for a judicial review launched by the Hong Kong government to challenge the validity of his status as a lawmaker-elect after he inserted anti-China wording when taking an oath of office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Thousands of people demonstrate outside the legislature building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016, protesting against the separatism stance of Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung, two members of localist group Youngspiration. The head of the legislature called off the weekly meeting the same day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and request to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo