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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. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong.
Nov 13, 2019 · There were four particularly shocking incidents – a police officer shot a protester at point-blank range; an officer drove a motorbike into a crowd of protesters; riot police fired tear gas...
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...
Mar 19, 2024 · In recent years, Beijing has cracked down on Hong Kong’s freedoms, stoking mass protests in the city and drawing international criticism. Beijing imposed a national security law in 2020 that...
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...
Jul 9, 2024 · Roy Kwong Chun-yu, a pro-democracy member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council at the time, spoke over a loud-hailer to the police as he joined protesters in Hong Kong on July 1, 2019.
