Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hong Kong's protests started in June against plans to allow extradition to mainland China. Critics feared this could undermine judicial independence and endanger dissidents. Until 1997, Hong...
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...