Guangzhou (China): Protesters mounted a second day of rallies calling for press freedom in China on Tuesday, as social media users and celebrities backed a campaign which poses a test for the nation's new leaders.
Scores of people, some carrying mourning flowers, gathered outside the Guangzhou offices of the Southern Weekly, a popular liberal paper which had an article urging greater protection of rights censored.
One man in a wheelchair held a banner reading: “Support the Southern Weekly, resist censorship, give back my freedom of speech.”
Some demonstrators wore masks depicting the British revolutionary figure Guy Fawkes, adopted as an anarchist symbol internationally after being popularised in the film V for Vendetta which was recently broadcast on state television. Police stood by allowing the rally to proceed, but as it dispersed for the day, a lone woman demonstrator stood outside the building, holding a white rose and raising one hand and making a victory sign.