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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. [22] [23]
In London, United Kingdom, some Hong Kong protesters waved flags reading "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times", a slogan banned in Hong Kong under the national security law, chanted slogans and burned a Chinese flag in front of the Chinese consulate. The Chinese government condemned such behavior and demanded actions from the United ...
Protesters in front of the Legislative Council Complex. On 1 July 2019, as Hong Kong marked the 22nd anniversary of its 1997 handover to China, the annual pro-democracy protest march organised by CHRF claimed a record turnout of 550,000; police placed the estimate at around 190,000, [4] [5] while independent organisations using scientific methods calculated that participation was in the region ...
Hong Kong, a former British colony, was returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with the promise of wide autonomy under a "one country, two systems" framework, which China has also offered to Taiwan ...
The annual 1 July march at the Jardine's Bazaar shopping district.. As the city marked the 22nd anniversary of its 1997 handover to China, the annual pro-democracy protest march organised by CHRF claimed a record turnout of 550,000 while police placed the estimate around 190,000; [2] [3] independent organisations using scientific methods calculated that participation was in the region of ...
The protesters later engaged in scuffles with the media reporting the protest as they surrounded individual reporters and photographers, hitting cameras and throwing punches. The Hong Kong Press Photographers Association and Hong Kong Journalists Association condemned the violent behaviour of protesters during the rally. However no arrests were ...
"This will get people really worried about how free Hong Kong’s internet will be like tomorrow," he said. Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in 2020 to quell the months-long unrest.
Hong Kong citizens, in this one year memorial, continued to come out in droves to show solidarity against the government and demand the riot charge to be removed in addition to denouncing police brutality. The original mass protest plan was scrapped as police, using the pandemic as a reason, declined to grant a "letter of no objection" (LONO).