Democracy movement’s newly disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers refused to swear allegiance to China

Hong Kong (dpa) – Two Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday lost their court appeal against a government-led block on their appointment to the city’s legislature, local media reported. The Court of Appeal upheld the decision by a lower court, saying that by altering their swearing-in oaths back in October, Sixtus “Baggio” Leung Chung-hang and Lau Wai-ching…