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Thousands back on Hong Kong streets to keep up pressure | News
Tens of thousands of people have again rallied in Hong Kong, in their latest effort to grow their protest movement against what they see as mainland China’s growing influence on the semiautonomous territory. Demonstrators on Sunday marched in Sha Tin, a suburban area near the border that is popular with mainland Chinese shoppers, as the rallies move outwards from …
Hong Kong protesters take to the streets again after government apology falls flat
Hundreds of mostly young people surrounded police headquarters in the city’s Wan Chai district Friday, after blocking several roads in the area and near government offices in Admiralty, where they had been staging a sit-in demanding the city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, resign and officially withdraw the bill. Speaking to reporters, a police spokeswoman called …
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 …
‘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 Protest Live Updates: Thousands Take to the Streets
Protesters bring multiple grievances to the streets. Thousands of people opposed to a proposed extradition bill marched through Hong Kong on Sunday, a day after the government said it would postpone voting on the legislation. Far from placating the protesters, the delay energized them and they expanded their list of demands. Among other things, demonstrators …
