Task: Translation
Input (Japanese): 彼らは香港市民支援愛国民主運動連合会、または短く「連合会」は、その活動の承認を取れていなかったと不満を言った。
Output (English): They made a complaint that the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, or the "Alliance" for short, had failed to ask permission for their activities.