Tag: Hong Kong

After months of protests in Hong Kong, an election with record turnout handed a big victory to pro-democracy local district council candidates, posing a...

Beijing accused of being behind the ‘violence and repression’ in the Asian financial hub

‘Urgent appeal’ made to Pope Francis to intervene in ‘humanitarian crisis’

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Nov. 18 to force back pro-democracy protesters trying to escape a university where hundreds...

Dozens of riot police gathered outside several universities as students fortified their positions

Scores of riot police tried to disperse crowds, beating some with batons near the city's stock exchange

‘I won't take part in the attacks, I am here to try to protect the kids,’ female office worker says

Police have previously shot an 18-year-old protester and a 14-year-old, both of whom survived

Students and young people have been at the forefront of the pro-democracy protests that started in June

Foreign media has shaped some sympathetic mainland Chinese views on the protests, but fear of the state will ensure the unrest doesn’t spread