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Memorials and protests in HK after student death
Memorials were held across Hong Kong on Friday following the death of a university student who fell off a parking garage after police fired tear gas during clashes with anti-government protesters.22 YEAR OLD Chow Tsz-Lok died, in a rare fatality, fueling...
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists appeal for US help
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists appeal to U.S. lawmakers for help before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China about the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong on Tuesday, September 17, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.The activists are urging...
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist freed; students form human chain
Hong Kong activist leader Joshua Wong is released Monday, September 9, the next day after he was arrested at the airport due to an error in his bail certificate.The 22-year-old was detained Sunday at the Hong Kong International airport for “breaching bail...
Hong Kong protests continue despite extradition bill withdrawal
The pro-democracy protests continue in Hong Kong on Friday, September 6, with people still taking to the streets and some lighting fires as a burning barricade on the city roads. Police retaliate by firing rubber bullets, tear gas, and pepper spray on...
Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist detained
Hong Kong police have arrested well-known activist leader Joshua Wong and core member Agnes Chow of the pro-democracy party Demosisto, on Friday, August 30.In a clampdown on those involved in this summer’s protests, police have also swooped in, Thursday...
Freed Hong Kong activist asks HK’s leader to resign
An activist for pro-democracy group Demosisto and a leading figure in Hong Kong\'s 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, Joshua Wong has been released from prison on Monday. Wong is urging Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam to withdraw the extradition...
