Hong Kong Demonstrators, Undeterred
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After 13 weeks of protests in Hong Kong, tensions between leaderless demonstrators and Beijing are as high as ever. The “one country-two system” is under threat. The arrests of prominent, pro-democracy activists will likely be a flashpoint as people prepare for another tense weekend in the city, in the video “Hong Kong sees wave of arrests, charges as officials crackdown on protesters“, below:
Police in Hong Kong have granted bail to well-known activist Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow and another core member of a pro-democracy group who were arrested as officers launched a crackdown on protests, in the video “Hong Kong sees wave of arrests, charges as officials crackdown on protesters“, below:
Police in Hong Kong arrested 28 people in a 24-hour blitz. At least three prominent activists were taken into custody on Aug 30. Among those arrested was activist Joshua Wong. The 22-year-old was the face of the 2014 Umbrella Movement. At the same time, protest organisers cancelled a mass rally planned for Aug 31 complying with a police ban, in the video “Hong Kong police arrest activists in 24-hour blitz“, below:
More than 900 Hong Kong protesters have been arrested since protests in June of 2019.
Several of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists have been arrested. Two of them, Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, have since been released on bail. The wave of arrests comes after a mass rally planned for Saturday was banned, in the video “Hong Kong arrests activists before major protest“, below:
Clashes broke out between protesters and police at Hong Kong’s Prince Edward station on Saturday in the 13th consecutive weekend of anti-government and anti-police demonstrations. Police were seen hitting passengers with their batons, spraying pepper spray and pointing rubber pellet guns toward demonstrators on the subway. A number of protesters were arrested and escorted off the station platform by police. Hong Kong protests: demonstrators build fire near police headquarters, in the video “Hong Kong riot police seen beating protesters in clash at metro station“, below:
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and used water cannons to spray demonstrators with blue-dyed water in the 13th straight weekend of protests. The pro-democracy protesters threw gasoline bombs in the latest clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades, in the video “Hong Kong police and protesters clash in 13th straight weekend“, below:
Hear from Canadians in Hong Kong whose family members fall on different sides of the conflict swelling in the city, in the video “Hong Kong conflict causing schisms within families“, below:
Hear from Canadians in Hong Kong whose family members fall on different sides of the conflict swelling in the city, in the video “
Former CIA Deputy Assistant Director, Dennis Wilder, provides insight into the latest protests in Hong Kong, in the video “Hong Kong protests will get rougher: Former CIA official“, below:
As anti-government protests in Hong Kong enter their 10th week with no end in sight, safety equipment including gas masks and helmets are in high demand among demonstrators, in the video “Who is supplying Hong Kong’s protesters?“
Hong Kong protesters got in the way of a foreign tourist in HK airport after all departures were canceled due to sit-in protests. The tourist fought back: “Hong Kong is a part of China!” “Go get a job!” in the video “Foreigner encounters HK protesters: Hong Kong is a part of China!“, below:
In the video “Hong Kong: A summer of discontent“, below:
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