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A video widely shared online on Sunday afternoon shows protesters rescuing a person from arrest outside Mong Kok's Grand Plaza, by jump-kicking a riot police officer in the face.
Photo: Telegram.
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#hongkongprotests
#antiELAB
Videos circulating online show at least a dozen pro-Beijing men, wielding sticks or bars, attacking isolated young people in Sheung Shui on Thursday morning.
#HongKong
BREAKING:
#HongKong
police have arrested pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow on suspicion of violating the national security law, local media report. Photo:
@chowtingagnes
A group of plainclothes officers, disguised as protesters, launched a surprise operation to arrest protesters outside SOGO department store in Causeway Bay. At least a dozen were arrested. The officers refused to answer reporters' questions on their identity.
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#antiELAB
Two Hongkongers have taken a protest banner to the top of Mount Everest, according to the Democracy for Hong Kong group.
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The flag reflects the popular protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong; Revolution of our times."
On this day, a year ago, Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang tried to raise the alarm about a new coronavirus. Days later the local Public Security Bureau interrogated and warned him to remain quiet.
He died from
#Covid
-19 on February 7, 2020.
But the students there was a broad consensus to demand that the government does not cancel the November 24 District Council elections: "Even for those who do not support us, we want to fight for their right to vote too."
Photo: Citizen News screenshot.
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At noon, the
#HongKong
government issued a press release falsely claiming that police have cleared parts of Tolo Highway for reopening.
Live media footage clearly showed it was student protesters at CUHK who cleared two lanes as announced in their 3am press conference.
On Saturday evening, District Council candidate Chiang Man-ching, running in Sheung Shui, was attacked by two men while campaigning - the latest in a series of attacks on pro-democracy activists and candidates.
Photo: InMedia.
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The battle between Polytechnic University protesters and police has erupted again on Sunday morning, after pro-Beijing supporters tried to clear barricades but were stopped by students. Volleys of tear gas have been fired since 10am.
Photo: Stand News screenshot.
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Meanwhile, a peaceful prayer session-cum-protest for
#HongKong
at Central’s Chater Garden on Sunday afternoon has attracted hundreds.
Another commemoration rally-cum-protest marking 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall is set to commence this evening.
Photo: Stand News.
The Civil HumanRights Front — organiser of many peaceful protests for over a decade — has appealed to the international community to pressure police to stop the siege of the
#hongkong
Polytechnic University.
Giant pandas Ying Ying and Le Le succeeded in a natural mating,
@Ocean_Park
has announced. "We hope to bear wonderful pregnancy news to Hong Kongers this year and make further contributions to the conservation of this vulnerable species," the park's Michael Boos said.
Meanwhile, in a press conference, two Democratic Party district council candidates arrested in Kwun Tong on Monday alleged beatings, delayed hospital treatment, and threats of being framed with heroin trafficking by the police.
Photo: InMedia.
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Officers are seen examining staffers' desks inside Apple Daily's HQ, contradicting assurances from the National Security Department's Steve Li that journalistic materials would not be searched. Clip: Apple Daily via StandNews. In full:
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By 11:45pm, protesters have retreated inside the Polytechnic University campus, as police fire tear gas into the grounds. It remains unclear whether police will storm the campus.
Photo: RTHK screenshot.
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Home Sec.
@pritipatel
has asked that the UK grant
#HongKong
BN(O) passport holders "leave to enter the UK outside of the Immigration Rules" until a pathway to citizenship is enacted.
At least 50 people are being held by police outside Hysan Place in Causeway Bay, after crowds marched in the street, chanting slogans in protest of the national anthem bill and national security law. It is unclear if they are under arrest.
A pregnant woman was seen suffering the effects of pepperspray on the junction of of Argyle Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street on Monday as riot police dispersed pro-democracy protesters by force. Vid: NineTeen Media.
A
#HongKong
riot police officer chanted "black lives matter" and "I can't breathe" during an operation in Yau Ma Tei on Friday. Vid: Guardians of Hong Kong.
Singer-activist
@hoccgoomusic
led thousands of Hongkongers in signing the protest anthem "Glory to Hong Kong," after she helped successfully lobby the US to pass legislation supporting the movement.
#HongKongProtests
#hongkong
#antiELAB
A young girl is tackled to the ground by riot police after attempting to flee during a pro-democracy protest in Mong Kok. Vid courtesy: HKUST Radio News Reporting Team. In full:
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#HongKong
's Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng has intervened in democrat Ted Hui's private prosecution against a police officer who fired a live round during last year's protests.
In response, Hui said Cheng was overriding the rule of law.
On Saturday, 20 Hongkongers living in Geneva walked a 3.5 mile “Marmite Race” in the traditional L’Escalade festival, shouting protest slogans and holding placards in support of
#hongkong
’s protest movement.
Video: Geneva Stands with Hong Kong.
Graffiti in support of the
#Thailand
protests has appeared in Hong Kong. The two resistance movements have been linked under what activists have called the
#MilkTeaAlliance
. Photo:
@studioincendo
.
A group of Chinese medicine practitioners that treat wounded protesters said one of their founders has gone missing after crossing into Guangzhou, where he was studying two days ago. “I don’t understand why we have to be arrested just for providing humanitarian relief,” he said.
Around 20 people gathered at Lion Rock in Hong Kong on New Year's Eve and displayed a light-up sign reading "Free HK political prisoners" as they counted down to the new year. Photos: HKFP.
At the Chinese army barracks adjacent to the Polytechnic University, a soldier is filmed watching the scenes with his binoculars.
Photo: HK01 screenshot.
#hongkong
Hong Kong protesters are planning to organise an unprecedented rally on Thursday evening to show support for self-determination protests in Catalonia. The event is pending a letter of no objection from the police.
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On Saturday, activists hiked up to Lion Rock and erected a "Save HK 12" message on the Kowloon mountaintop. The 12 were detained in
#China
over a month ago after trying to flee by speedboat to Taiwan. Photo: StandNews.
Police usher people arrested at Southorn Playground in Wan Chai onto a coach. Onlookers tell them to look at the camera and shout out their names.
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#HongKongProtests
#antiELAB
Supporters of the
#HongKong
pro-democracy movement gathered in New York's Times Square over the weekend in solidarity with protests. They waved flags and placards in opposition to the security law. Photo: New Yorkers Supporting Hong Kong.
A 22-year-old pregnant woman was among six arrested for property damage while posting flyers in Tin Shui Wai on Monday. She threw up when forced to kneel, but it took 4 hours before she was sent to hospital, according to Apple Daily. Video via Demosisto.
As a speaker blasts the "Glory to Hong Kong" protest anthem, thousands in Kowloon defy a mask ban & march peacefully past a police station.
"Disband the police force right now," they chant.
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#hongkongprotests
#antiELAB
🔴HKFP_Live: The Chinese army has been deployed to clear protester barricades - in what is so far a peaceful operation - in Kowloon Tong outside Baptist University. There is no attempt to stop reporters from filming:
BREAKING: police fire tear gas in Central at around 10pm, in an attempt to clear revellers and protesters from the business and entertainment district.
#HongKong
BREAKING: Organisers have announced a turnout estimate of "close to two million," nearly doubling that of last Sunday's rally and making it the largest protest in Hong Kong's history. Police have yet to release their figure.
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Hundreds of protesters gather in Central on Sunday afternoon for a rally calling for international sanctions against
#HongKong
and Chinese government. Groups lobbying for global support take turns to report on work they have done.
A blank "Lennon Wall" message board appeared in Tsuen Wan over the weekend after the
#HongKong
government said the pro-democracy slogan "Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times" was illegal. Photo: Benjamin Yuen /
@USPhongkong
.
"We condemn the Hong Kong government's decision to postpone for one year its legislative council elections and to disqualify opposition candidates," Pres. Donald Trump's press chief Kayleigh McEnany has said.
In Jordan, riot police fire a tear gas canister into a resident’s flat, causing flames. The resident was not home, but returned in tears.
Photo: InMedia.
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According to , a 13-year-old reporter from Student Depth Media was stopped by police at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, mocked for his height and told to "fuck off home."
Acting Senior Superintendent (Operations) Vasco Williams backtracks on claim police beat a ‘yellow object’ in alleyway on Sun: Says there was "no malpractice by the police whatsoever."
A new cartoon by Chinese-Australian artist
@Badiucao
after it was revealed that the producers of
#Disney
's
#Mulan
worked with the propaganda authorities in Xinjiang to film the movie.
#China
has detained countless Uighur Muslims in camps in its northwestern region.
HKFP_Live: Demonstrators have gathered in Tai Koo to chant pro-democracy slogans, as activists say it is time for protests to return. Watch live:
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A clip posted to a local Tuen Mun Facebook group appears to show tear gas filling a corridor after a cannister was fired into a residential building. It occured during a protest against the use of tear gas on Monday.
Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey clinched silver medal at the Tokyo
#Olympics
200M women's freestyle event. The 24-year-old broke her personal best record in the finals at 1:53.92. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP
At the start of the school year in Hong Kong, students at one school sang a protest song - "Do You Hear the People Sing" - over the Chinese national anthem. At another school, they chanted slogans during the school song.
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#China
#antiELABhk
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Footage shot on Saturday night in Kowloon appears to show
#HongKong
police pepper-spraying and punching a young man. Vid courtesy of EdUHKSU Editorial Board.
Lee Ka-wai told HKFP he and some 100 candidates may file a complaint against HK01 for putting them on a list whom people should not vote for: “Is it fair for a candidate when a news outlet said people should not support him? Is it a violation of the law?���
Around two dozen protesters in Turin - Italy's fourth largest city - voiced their support for
#HongKong
demonstrators on Sat & urged their government to do more to prevent a "New Tiananmen."