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Mainland Chinese Sneak Into Hong Kong’s Protests—to Support the Cause
HONG KONG—On June 16, a 24-year-old female graduate student with the family name Chen donned a black T-shirt, grabbed a surgical mask in case she needed to hide her face, and joined a massive march against further erosion of the city’s freedoms by China. That much was standard procedure for many of the estimated two …
Hong Kong’s lawyers march against ‘political prosecutions’ | World news
Thousands of Hong Kong’s legal professionals have staged a march to put pressure on the city’s Department of Justice over what they say are political prosecutions of protesters, after China said the territory was facing its worst crisis since it was handed back from Britain in 1997. In the scorching midday heat about 3,000 people …
How four deaths turned Hong Kong’s protest movement dark
“We will accomplish what is left to be done,” wrote one. The death of the woman — known to most of the world by her last name, Mak — was the fourth suspected suicide to be connected by local media to ongoing demonstrations, sparked initially by a controversial extradition bill that many feared could further …
Hong Kong’s Leader Publicly Apologizes for Extradition Bill
HONG KONG — Backpedaling under mounting pressure, Hong Kong’s top leader publicly apologized on Tuesday for having proposed contentious legislation that would allow extraditions to mainland China. “I would like to tender my sincere apologies to the citizens of Hong Kong,” the leader, Carrie Lam, said at a news conference at government headquarters. “I have …
Protesters Return to Hong Kong’s Streets, Rejecting Leader’s Apology
HONG KONG — Protesters poured into the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday with renewed determination and a lengthening list of demands, rejecting the government’s retreat on a contentious extradition bill and extending the political crisis gripping the semiautonomous territory. Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Carrie Lam, shelved the bill on Saturday and followed that up …
Hong Kong’s leader apologizes after extradition bill fuels massive protests
The embattled leader of Hong Kong apologized over the handling of a controversial extradition bill after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Sunday as outrage over the legislation continues to boil over. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam apologized to the people with “utmost sincerity and humility” after massive crowds jammed the …
‘Fighting for our freedom’: protesters flood into Hong Kong’s streets | World news
A wave of protesters hundreds of thousands strong, most dressed in black and many carrying white flowers of mourning, have swept through central Hong Kong to denounce a controversial extradition law and demand the city’s leader, Carrie Lam, steps down. They poured in from all over the city, in numbers so large that the march …
Hong Kong’s Leader, Yielding to Protests, Suspends Extradition Bill
HONG KONG — Backing down after days of huge street protests, Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, said on Saturday that she would indefinitely suspend a bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China. It was a remarkable reversal for Mrs. Lam, the leader installed by Beijing in 2017, who had vowed to ensure the …
Hong Kong’s protest movement was on life support. Then the government revived it
Activists had been jailed, while others faced prosecution over the 2014 demonstrations, which shut down parts of the city for several months. Pro-democracy lawmakers had been kicked out of office on a range of grounds, and numbers at events in their support or calling for political reform were dwindling. Polls found that confidence in the …
