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The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition.
Oct 1, 2019 · Hong Kong protests: Chaos and violence spread across the city today amid widespread anti-government demonstrations. Protesters and riot police clashed, with fires set, tear gas fired, and an...
Jun 13, 2019 · Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in Hong Kong on Wednesday, hours after tens of thousands of mostly young people surrounded the city’s government headquarters and...
Aug 31, 2020 · Hong Kongers have been remembering key events from the months of anti-government protests that overwhelmed the city last year as democracy activists accuse authorities of trying to re-write...
Aug 31, 2019 · The Hong Kong government has released a statement condemning the “extremely violent acts” committed by masked protesters who “stormed” the Legislative Council (LegCo) complex today.
Aug 29, 2024 · HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019, in the city’s first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, according to local media. A panel of nine jurors convicted Lai Chun-pong of conspiring to cause explosions ...
Nov 18, 2019 · The Hong Kong police are urging protesters still inside the Polytechnic University to “come out and surrender,” while officers outside the university fire tear gas.
Mar 25, 2024 · Hong Kong court jails 12 over legislature protest. Pro-democracy demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislature in 2019 during months-long protests. All the latest content about Hong Kong...
Nov 18, 2019 · Nearly six months of pro-democracy protests have rocked Hong Kong, with the police arresting more than 4,000 people. In one of the worst days of clashes on Tuesday, the police fired more than...
May 21, 2020 · Hong Kong has seen several months of pro-democracy protests - and China appears to be tightening its grip. The protests began in June 2019 over plans - later put on ice, and finally withdrawn...