Last year, mass demonstrations against a now-withdrawn extradition bill in Hong Kong grew into city-wide pro-democracy protests. One year on, United Social Press photographer Kaiser Tam revisited the scenes of his most memorable images from the protests for Hong Kong Free Press. Use the slider to reveal the before/after images. Click here for Part 1.

protest mass Admiralty 2019
Harcourt Road admiralty traffic empty
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
building banner protest 2019
old building Hong Kong
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
anti-extradition protests 2019
building Hong Kong
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
anti-extradition protests 2019
Hong Kong garbage street
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
barricades gas masks anti-extradition protests 2019
empty road Hong Kong traffic
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
anti-extradition bill protests umbrella
empty road Hong Kong traffic
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
lennon wall anti-extradition bill subway 2019
Empty subway Hong Kong
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
empty road Hong Kong traffic
grilled overpass cage admiralty
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
Poly-u entrance anti-extradition protests 2019
Poly university entrance empty
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
police baton protester beat
Hong Kong empty street night lady taxi
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
Hong Kong night neon alley
Neon market Hong Kong
Photo: Kaiser Tam/USP & HKFP.
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