カテゴリー: Protest
Karen Yuen responds to letters about the Hong Kong government and allegations of police brutalityI am writing in response to the letter from Winky So, director general of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London (22 November). Her claim that H…
Medics warn of humanitarian crisis as protesters trapped inside campus for sixth dayHong Kong’s university siege stretched into a sixth day on Friday, as medics warned of a humanitarian crisis and the city prepared for weekend elections that will be a …
Letters from Winky So, director general of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, and from Hong Kong resident Koh-Ann ChuYour editorials (19 November and 13 November) allege that actions by the Hong Kong special administrative region govern…
Letters from Winky So, director general of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, and from Hong Kong resident Koh-Ann ChuYour editorials (19 November and 13 November) allege that actions by the Hong Kong special administrative region govern…
People trapped inside campus are using increasingly desperate measures to escapeYanny Man, 23, had no time to think about it before crawling over the ledge of a bridge, eight metres high, grabbing a rope and pushing off toward the ground below.Behind h…
Simon Cheng, who worked at consulate, alleges repeated mental and physical abuseA former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong has alleged he was tortured while being detained in China during a 15-day ordeal in which he said he was accused of …
Social workers say between 30 and 50 left after hundreds leave site of days-long confrontationDozens of protesters remain holed up at a university in Hong Kong surrounded by police as a days-long standoff appears to be coming to an end.Police said that…
Volunteers and supporters streaming towards Polytechnic University were fearful of what might befall the demonstratorsAs hundreds of protesters were trapped inside a university on Monday night, besieged on all sides by riot police, thousands of Hongkon…
Riot police have swooped on pro-democracy activists trying to flee a university they had set ablaze in one of the most violent confrontations in nearly six months of unrest. Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with officers who had threatened to use dead…
Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters have been trapped inside the Polytechnic University campus they have been occupying since last week. Despite a pledge from the university president that demonstrators could leave peacefully, those who tried to leave wer…
Pro-democracy activists see move as effort by Beijing to intervene in HK’s affairsOn Saturday afternoon, a few dozen Chinese soldiers jogged out of their barracks in triple file line, wearing shorts and matching army green T-shirts. They cheerily joine…
Hundreds trapped inside Polytechnic as demonstrators try to break campus siegeLATEST: Hong Kong protests: hundreds surrender to police after university standoffHong Kong police have fought running battles with protesters trying to break a security cord…
Police earlier threatened to use live rounds on ‘rioters’ who used lethal weapons such as molotov cocktails against themHong Kong protest latest updates: riot police storm Polytechnic University after standoff with protesters – livePolice attempted to …
Chinese soldiers stationed in Hong Kong came out to clear streets on Saturday, which protesters had strewn with debris to slow down any police advances while they had been on the campus. People’s Liberation Army soldiers joined the clean-up outside Hon…
Controversial move could exacerbate tensions in territory dealing with months of anti-government protests Chinese troops in Hong Kong have been deployed to help clear roads blockaded by anti-government protesters in a controversial move that could esca…