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_Published 2014-10-05. Tens of thousands of people shine their cellphones in solidarity at the Hong Kong student rally on Saturday_


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## Transcript

[ MUSIC ] We must! We must! State it very clearly to the whole world. This is not, this is not a cult of revolution. This is only a movement of hungry people to strive for democracy, to get back the rights. The rights, that should be endured by people. Thank you! [ FOREIGN ] [ FOREIGN_LANGUAGE ] [ MUSIC ]

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