Pro Democracy Protests

Hong Kong protests: Teen activist Tony Chung charged under Beijing's national security law

Chung was arrested on Tuesday by the city's national security team only metres away from the US consulate, where he was set to seek political asylum

Thailand protests: Police intensifies crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations as thousands defy emergency decree

An order prohibiting public gatherings was imposed by authorities in Thailand after some demonstrators heckled a royal motorcade

Hong Kong part of China no matter what happens in district council elections, says Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi

Counting still underway following record turnout, but partial results indicated that candidates favouring greater democracy were on course to seize shock majority of 18 district councils in Hong Kong

Hong Kong protesters paralyse parts of city for fourth day as schools remain shut; demonstrators block highways, major roads

Anti-government protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing school closures and blocking highways and other transport links to disrupt the financial hub amid a marked escalation of violence

Hong Kong business district, universities emerge as new battlegrounds for protest; rule of law pushed to the brink, say police

The confrontations followed a particularly brutal day on Monday, when police shot a protester and a man was set on fire, prompting calls from western powers for compromise but further fury in China against any challenge to its rule

'Carrie Lam is in a dilemma': Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad says Hong Kong leader should quit

Malaysia's prime minister said Friday Hong Kong's embattled leader should resign over the city's increasingly violent pro-democracy protests.

Hong Kong pro-democracy protests escalate as demonstrators attack police with sticks, rods; 36, including 12-year-old, arrested

Hong Kong police drew their guns and fired a warning shot on Sunday night after protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and brought out water cannon trucks for the first time, an escalation in the summer-long protests that have shaken the city’s government and residents.

China lashes out at Taiwan for offering political asylum to Hong-Kong pro-democracy protesters

China lashed out at Taiwan on Monday over its offer of political asylum to participants in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement

Hong Kong sees largest rally in weeks as protesters flood streets braving torrential rains despite warnings from Beijing

A sea of democracy activists flooded the streets of Hong Kong Sunday under torrential rains in a peaceful demonstration to city leaders

Hong Kong protests: Agitators march through rains to seek democracy, political reforms in semi-autonomous Chinese territory

Communist-ruled mainland China has taken an increasingly hardline tone towards the protesters, decrying the 'terrorist-like' actions of a violent hardcore minority among the demonstrators