Topic: pro-democracy-protests

Hong Kong student who fell during protest clashes dies

Hong Kong student who fell during protest clashes dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 03:00 PM

HONG KONG, China - A Hong Kong student who fell from a car park while police and protesters were clashing last weekend has died, hospital officials said Friday, in a development likely to further escalate tensions after months of violent rallies in the city.   Read more »

Hong Kong metro stays shut after night of violent protests

Hong Kong metro stays shut after night of violent protests

Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 11:02 AM

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's metro system will stay shut on Saturday, the rail operator said, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a teenage boy and pro-democracy protesters torched businesses and metro stations. Read more »

Taiwan joins global protest in support of Hong Kong

Taiwan joins global protest in support of Hong Kong

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 30 12:24 AM

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei and four other major Taiwanese cities on Sunday as part of a global "anti-totalitarianism rally" in support of Hong Kong protesters who have been demanding greater democracy for the last four months.   Read more »

Hong Kong protesters hit pause in memory of 9/11 attacks

Hong Kong protesters hit pause in memory of 9/11 attacks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 07:49 PM

Hong Kong activists called off protests on Wednesday in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and denounced a Chinese state newspaper report that they were planning "massive terror" in the Chinese-ruled city. Read more »

Zara seeks to distance brand from HK protest controversy

Zara seeks to distance brand from HK protest controversy

Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 04:03 PM

Zara made its statement after the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao asked in a headline whether the closure of four of the company's Hong Kong shops on Monday was in support of a strike call by students, a question that was seized upon by mainland social media users. Read more »

Guns and protests

Guns and protests

Lillian Suwanrumpha, AFP
Posted at Aug 26 10:11 AM

Police officers point their guns at protesters in Tseun Wan in Hong Kong on Sunday during the latest opposition protests to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city. Read more »

Hong Kong police turn water cannon on protesters, fire tear gas

Hong Kong police turn water cannon on protesters, fire tear gas

James Pomfret and Jessie Pang, Reuters
Posted at Aug 25 08:30 PM

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon amid running battles with brick-throwing protesters in driving rain on Sunday after violent clashes a day earlier in which police fired tear gas for the first time in more than a week. Read more »

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