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At least 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, including one child, who have been held incommunicado in Shenzhen’s Yantian Detention Center since August 23, 2020, still do not have access to family members, their own lawyers and physicians, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday, urging the Chinese authorities to respect human rights and their own laws