Politics of Hong Kong
Protests in front of Hong Kong Consulates Before the G20 Meeting
Protesters in front of Hong Kong's largest consulates urged G20 countries to oppose China in the context of restricting freedoms in the financial centre at the forthcoming summit in Japan, BGNES and BNT said.
Pressure builds on Hong Kong leader as activist vows to join protests
Activist Joshua Wong, who has become the face of Hong Kong's push for full democracy, walked free from prison on June 17 and vowed to join a mass protest movement demanding that the city's Beijing-backed leader, Carrie Lam, steps down.
Massive demonstration chokes Hong Kong as extradition anger boils
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in central Hong Kong on June 16 against a reviled extradition law, the latest huge demonstration to pile pressure on the city's embattled leader, despite her weekend climbdown.
Hong Kong leader halts extradition bill but opponents vow fresh rally
Hong Kong's embattled leader on June 15 suspended a hugely divisive bill that would allow extraditions to China, in a major climbdown following unprecedented unrest, but protesters vowed to press ahead with a mass June 16 rally.
Protests against China extradition bill paralyse Hong Kong
Tens of thousands of protesters paralysed central Hong Kong on June 12, blocking major roads in a defiant show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China.
Violence mars end of huge Hong Kong protest against China extradition
A huge peaceful protest in Hong Kong against controversial plans to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland descended into violence early June 10 as police clashed with small pockets of demonstrators outside the city's parliament.
Big march in Hong Kong to protest extradition bill
Several hundred thousand people jammed Hong Kong's streets on June 9 in a last bid to thwart a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, with police bracing for the biggest march in the city in 15 years.
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Hong Kong Democracy Leaders Plead not Guilty in Umbrella Movement Trial
Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners pleaded not guilty on Monday to public nuisance charges over their involvement in massive rallies calling for political reform, as room for opposition in the semi-autonomous city shrinks under an assertive China,reports AFP.
Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong
Angry protesters marched through Hong Kong Jan. 1 against what they described as suppression by Beijing, days after Chinese authorities ruled that part of a city rail station would come under mainland law.
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China seeks to silence critics at UN forums -rights body report
Beijing is waging a campaign of harassment against Chinese activists who seek to testify at the United Nations about repression, while the world body sometimes turns a blind eye or is even complicit, Human Rights Watch has said.