Thousands March in Hong Kong Protest in Defiance of Police Ban

HONG KONG—Thousands of protesters rallied Tuesday evening in downtown Hong Kong, facing off with police who had banned recent demonstrations, to mark the one-year anniversary of a million-person rally that thrust the city into its biggest turmoil in decades.

Marching through roads flanked by dozens of riot police, hundreds of people wearing masks held umbrellas and phones with flashlights shining. Police used pepper spray and made several arrests, cordoning off roads, in scenes that evoked last year’s seven months of unrest…