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Hong Kong: thousands gather for fresh protest against extradition bill
Source: The Guardian
Hong Kong: thousands gather for fresh protest against extradition bill
Demonstrators blocks key road and mass outside police headquarters in fourth protest in two weeks
Emma Graham-Harrison and Verna Yu in Hong Kong
Fri 21 Jun 2019 04.26 BST Last modified on Fri 21 Jun 2019 06.18 BST
Protestors in Hong Kong have blocked a key road through the city centre and massed outside police headquarters to demand the total withdrawal of a controversial extradition law, the release of detained activists and apologies for police brutality.
The protest on Friday is the fourth major demonstration in the city in less than two weeks.
Hong Kong has been electrified by the protests, which were initially called to oppose the bill. However, after police used tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray against protestors last week, organisers’ demands have expanded to include an investigation into the violence and an end to a government crackdown on demonstrators.
The scale of public anger forced chief executive Carrie Lam to publicly apologise and suspend the law she had previously promised to ram through the island’s legislature. But opposition figures fear she could take up the law again once public anger is defused.
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Demonstrators blocks key road and mass outside police headquarters in fourth protest in two weeks
Emma Graham-Harrison and Verna Yu in Hong Kong
Fri 21 Jun 2019 04.26 BST Last modified on Fri 21 Jun 2019 06.18 BST
Protestors in Hong Kong have blocked a key road through the city centre and massed outside police headquarters to demand the total withdrawal of a controversial extradition law, the release of detained activists and apologies for police brutality.
The protest on Friday is the fourth major demonstration in the city in less than two weeks.
Hong Kong has been electrified by the protests, which were initially called to oppose the bill. However, after police used tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray against protestors last week, organisers’ demands have expanded to include an investigation into the violence and an end to a government crackdown on demonstrators.
The scale of public anger forced chief executive Carrie Lam to publicly apologise and suspend the law she had previously promised to ram through the island’s legislature. But opposition figures fear she could take up the law again once public anger is defused.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/21/hong-kong-protesters-gather-extradition-bill-legco-carrie-lam
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