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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 01, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 02:39 AM

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First arrest as HK implements national security law

Dale De La Rey, AFP
Posted at Jul 01 03:24 PM

Riot police (left) deploy pepper spray toward journalists (right) as protesters gathered for a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on Wednesday, on the 23rd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. Read more »

Hong Kong police ban major security law protest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 05:45 PM

Hong Kong police on Saturday banned a major demonstration against China's planned national security law for the city which critics fear would smother the financial hub's treasured freedoms, organisers said. Read more »

Hong Kong's Disneyland reopens after five-month coronavirus break

Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 05:04 PM

Hong Kong's loss-making Disneyland theme park reopened on Thursday to a limited number of local visitors and with enhanced health measures after the coronavirus outbreak forced it to close in late January. Read more »

Dozens in Hong Kong stage pro-democracy protest in shopping mall

Reuters
Posted at Jun 05 03:59 PM

HONG KONG - Dozens of Hong Kong protesters marched through a shopping mall on Friday, chanting pro-democracy slogans a day after thousands defied a police ban to hold a vigil for the anniversary of China's Tiananmen crackdown in 1989. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 28, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 01:49 AM

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Hong Kong protest gets fiery

Isaac Lawrence, AFP
Posted at May 28 09:47 AM

Police stand guard on a road to deter pro-democracy protesters from blocking roads in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on Wednesday evening, as the city’s legislature debates over a law that bans insulting China's national anthem. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 02:53 AM

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National security law triggers protest in HK

Anthony Wallace, AFP
Posted at May 27 02:38 PM

Hong Kong riot police try to clear away people gathered in the Central district of downtown Hong Kong on Wednesday, as the city's legislature debates over a law that bans insulting China's national anthem. Read more »

Hong Kongers fret over Beijing's planned new security laws

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 04:47 PM

HONG KONG, May 23 - Newspaper vendor Man, 60, was speechless when she saw the headline that Beijing plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong, and worried what the future holds for youth in the Chinese-ruled city. Read more »

Hong Kong police paid $17 million in allowances related to protests

Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 03:20 PM

Hong Kong police have earned a total of HK$135 million ($17.3 million) in allowances during the past 6 months of anti-government protests, government figures show. Read more »

5 held over man's death in Hong Kong protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 12:35 PM

HONG KONG, China - Five Hong Kong teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a man hit on the head by a brick during clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters last month, police said Saturday. Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa HK nananatiling ligtas sa kabila ng mga protesta

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 03:43 PM

MAYNILA - Walang dapat ipag-aalala ang mga kamag-anak ng mga Pilipinong nasa Hong Kong sa kabila ng mga kilos protesta doon. Read more »

Protesters left on besieged Hong Kong campus weigh options

Kate Lamb and Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 10:53 AM

At least 8 protesters who had been holding out at a trashed Hong Kong university surrendered on Friday, while others searched for escape routes past the riot police surrounding the campus. Read more »

Trump vague about whether he will veto bills that back Hong Kong protesters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 12:30 PM

US President Donald Trump was vague on Friday about whether he would sign or veto legislation to back protesters in Hong Kong as he tries to strike a trade deal with China, and boasted that he alone had prevented Beijing from crushing the demonstrations with a million soldiers. Read more »

Keeping the barricade

Ye Aung Thu, AFP
Posted at Nov 18 11:14 AM

A protester walks on stairs at the barricaded main entrance of Hong Kong Polytechnic University as other protesters attempt to find safe passage out of campus, in Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on Monday. Read more »