VIDEO posted on South China Morning Poste (Hong Kong)
https://www.scmp.com/video/scmp-originals/3017316/hongkongers-sympathise-protesters-who-vandalised-legislature
VIDEO posted on South China Morning Poste (Hong Kong)
https://www.scmp.com/video/scmp-originals/3017316/hongkongers-sympathise-protesters-who-vandalised-legislature
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, by LO Clifford, MOK Danny
Forensics teams have spent two days collecting fingerprints and DNA to identify protesters Source says dozens of protesters are being tracked down with wave of arrests to come ‘in the near future’
Hong Kong police have made the first arrest in their hunt for hundreds of protesters who (...)
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, by CHEUNG Gary, JUN Mai
Sources reveal task force sent to neighbouring special economic zone on June 9, when an estimated 1 million people took to streets Top priority for central government is to keep Hong Kong stable and avoid bloodshed.
Beijing has been closely monitoring the social unrest and protest violence (...)
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, by Friends for a United Hong Kong
Chinese version below / 中文版請見下方
Dear members of Legco,
We, the undersigned citizens and friends of Hong Kong, appeal to you as duly elected lawmakers to table and support the following resolution with immediate effect:
Amnesty (freedom from prosecution under the law) shall be guaranteed (...)
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, by VASWANI Karishma, WONG Joshua
VIDEO https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48824110?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cp7r8vglne2t/hong-kong&link_location=live-reporting-map
On the night of 1 July, hundreds of protesters forcibly broke into Hong Kong’s parliamentary Legislative Council building. (...)
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, by Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP)
‘Free Hong Kong’: Thousands rally for democracy, as anti-extradition protesters occupy roads, clash with police
1 July 2019 18:00 local time
Thousands attended Kong’s annual July 1 democracy march on Monday, as a standoff unfolded outside the city’s legislature following early morning (...)
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, by LUM Alvin
Nearly 400 staff from across more than 30 institutions join up with unions in calling for action on Monday 5. Organisers demand inquiry into government’s recent performance over controversial extradition bill. Hundreds of workers at 34 banks joined calls for a citywide strike next week (...)
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, by LI Promise
Earlier this week, Hong Kong had been rocked by perhaps the largest demonstration ever in the city’s history.
In response to a murder case committed by a Hong Kong man in Taiwan, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) proposed a bill that would establish the transfer of fugitives between (...)
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, by Collective / Multiple signers
Amnesty International Hong Kong, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, Human Rights Watch together with 30+ NGO sent an open letter to the Chief Executive Carrie Lam to call on the Hong Kong government to establish an Independent Commission of Inquiry to conduct an independent, impartial, effective (...)
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, by CREERY Jennifer, GRUNDY Tom
‘Democracy now, Free Hong Kong’: Thousands of protesters urge G20 to back anti-extradition law movement
Jennifer Creery (26 June 2019 21:55)
Thousands gathered at Edinburgh Place on Wednesday 26 evening calling on G20 countries to raise concerns about Hong Kong at the leaders’ summit on (...)
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, by CREERY Jennifer, CHENG Kris, GRUNDY Tom
32 former Hong Kong officials and politicians appeal to gov’t to scrap extradition bill by Jennifer Creery https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/06/24/32-former-hong-kong-officials-politicians-appeal-govt-scrap-extradition-bill/
Thirty-two former Hong Kong government officials and politicians made (...)
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, by CHENG Kris
Pro-Beijing lawmaker Felix Chung has said the Hong Kong government should announce the complete withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill.
The extradition bill was suspended after mass demonstrations and a chorus of criticism from different sectors. However, protesters have continued (...)
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, by CHAN Yuen Yung Sherry, CHEN JS
Protesters in Hong Kong are still clogging the streets en masse. Their task: to face down not just the authoritarianism of the Chinese Communist Party but the self-dealing of Hong Kong capitalists.
Less than five years after the Umbrella Movement, Hong Kong is back in international (...)
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, by LAM Yik Fei
Thousands gathered outside Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on Friday to protest an unpopular extradition bill and call for the city’s chief executive to step down. Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times.
HONG KONG — Thousands of protesters blocked a major thoroughfare and surrounded the (...)
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, by BRADSHER Keith, STEVENSON Alexandra
HONG KONG — Weeks before this semiautonomous city erupted in political chaos over a contentious extradition bill, more than 200 of its most powerful business leaders were summoned to the Chinese government’s headquarters here.
The message from Beijing: If you have worries about the bill, (...)
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, by CLEMENT Jacques, YU Elaine
Hong Kong’s “leaderless” demonstrations brought millions of people onto the streets and forced the city’s pro-Beijing leadership into a rare climbdown. But with no one directing the action, where does the movement go now? The unpopular bill that sparked the protests and would have allowed (...)
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, by CHENG Kris
The Civil Human Rights Front has said it was “disappointed” by Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s latest response to protesters’ demands.
Although Lam gave an apology in person on Tuesday afternoon, she did not agree to the demands of demonstrators who attended a “two million-strong” march on (...)
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, by Alexa (Hong Kong), AU Loong-yu, CHAN Chris King-Chi, LEE Chun-Wing, LEUNG Lam Chi, LIN Kevin, SLAC
Hong Kong’s government tried to rush through a bill that would limit civil liberties. Instead they triggered a tidal wave of protests — some of the largest in modern history.
On June 9, Hong Kong was convulsed by a million-strong march against a proposed amendment that would allow suspects (...)
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, by YU Verna
Tue 18 Jun 2019 23.34 BST
Hong Kong’s chief executive caused the city’s protests by ignoring public opinion, says Joshua Wong
Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, is the person responsible for mobilising the biggest protests in the city’s history, the freed student activist Joshua Wong has (...)
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, by CREERY Jennifer, GRUNDY Tom
Close to two million people hit the streets on Sunday to call on the Hong Kong government to withdraw a controversial extradition bill, according to organisers.
Many pictures and videos are not reproduced here.
The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) figure represents 28.5 per cent of the (...)
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