カテゴリー: Protest
Demonstrators in Hong Kong wore face masks on Sunday in defiance of a new law imposed after the government invoked colonial-era emergency powers. Protesters, who could face a year in prison for hiding their faces, threw teargas canisters back at police…
Carrie Lam’s ban on face masks provokes fury ahead of march on Sunday, although parts of the subway system were reopenedHong Kong’s metro system was suspended and many of its banks and shopping malls closed after a government decision to invoke sweepin…
Thousands of people swept into the streets of Hong Kong for a night of violent protests after the government activated sweeping colonial-era powers for the first time in over half a century, using them to ban face masks. After darkness fell, …
Two 13-year-olds arrested after authorities condemn ‘radicals’ and vow to restore order across cityHong Kong riot police have fired teargas, sponge rounds and arrested a number of protesters, including two 13-year-olds, as peaceful demonstrations in se…
Zhao Jiaxin and Howey Ou are trying to convince Beijing to take radical carbon-cutting actionOne is a student engineer who became obsessed after watching an incendiary film about air pollution. The other is a 16-year-old who went on China’s first clima…
Demonstrators surround government complex, throwing rocks and molotov cocktailsA peaceful rally in Hong Kong has descended into chaos as police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who hurled petrol bombs, set fires, and clashed with residents…
Officers also fired teargas at the demonstrators, who had gathered outside the government office complex on Sunday. The latest violence came after tens of thousands defied a police ban and marched toward the seat of the government, chanting: ‘Five dema…
Pro-democracy demonstrators clash with Beijing supporters as riot police subdue protestersRival groups of demonstrators clashed in Hong Kong and police made arrests in another weekend of mass protests after months of political unrest.Dozens of pro-Beij…
Thousands have gathered this week in a football match and at shopping centres across the city to sing in solidarityA newly composed song has become the rallying point for Hong Kong’s anti-government movement this week as thousands gathered at shopping …
Joshua Wong urges Berlin to halt export of equipment such as water cannon used against protestersThe activist Joshua Wong has called for Germany to stop the export of riot control weapons and equipment to Hong Kong police, as he embarked on a global to…
Beijing criticises German foreign minister over meeting with Joshua WongThe Chinese government has expressed its anger with Germany’s foreign minister over his meeting with the Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, saying the encounter was “disresp…
Reporters covering protests say officers using pepper spray and teargas, among other abusesJournalists covering the protests in Hong Kong are experiencing increasing violence at the hands of the police, according to media groups and first-hand accounts…
Masked motorcycle riders pull up around 4am at East Java building that has been the target of protestsIndonesian police are investigating allegations of masked motorcycle riders throwing bags of snakes into a West Papuan student dormitory in Surabaya a…
Protesters clash with police in shopping districts after rally to petition US to ‘resist Beijing’Hong Kong police have fired teargas to disperse protesters in the upmarket Causeway Bay shopping district, after demonstrators rallied at the US consulate …
Anti-government protesters set up barricades and light fires in standoffs with officersRiot police have charged at hundreds of protesters in a busy downtown district in Hong Kong after some demonstrators had started a fire outside a police station.Earl…