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Hong Kong to discuss emergency laws including banning of face masks at rallies ahead of planned weekend protests
• 5 years agoHong Kong’s government is expected to discuss sweeping emergency laws on Friday that would include banning face masks at protests
Hong Kong protesters clash with police over the shooting of 18-year-old student as months of demonstrations show no sign of letting up
• 5 years agoHong Kong anti-government demonstrators clashed with police into the early hours of Thursday, venting their anger over a policeman’s shooting and wounding of a teenager earlier in the week
Hong Kong protesters stage sit-in outside school of 18-year-old who was shot by police during protests on Tuesday
• 5 years agoHundreds of Hong Kongers staged a sit-in on Wednesday outside the school of a protester who was shot by police as authorities said the wounded 18-year-old was now in a stable condition
Hong Kong protesters take to streets in defiance of police ban on 70th anniversary of Communist China
Fp Staff • 5 years agoTens of thousands joined anti-government demonstrations that spread across Hong Kong even as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power.
Hong Kong Police shoots teen in chest during protests on China's 70th anniversary; youth taken to hospital
• 5 years agoHong Kong police shot a protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving the teenager bleeding and howling on the ground.
Thousands protest in Hong Kong against jail sentence of three pro-democracy activists
Ians • 8 years agoThousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest against the jailing of three pro-democracy leaders
Thousands rally in Hong Kong after pro-democracy 'Umbrella Movement' activists jailed
Fp Staff • 8 years agoThousands of supporters of three jailed young democracy activists took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest their sentences
Hong Kong protests: Thousands agitate over extended sentences for 'Umbrella Movement' leaders
• 8 years agoJoshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement rallies, were sentenced to six to eight months in jail for their role in a protest that sparked the months-long demonstrations calling for democratic reforms