#OccupyCentral thread: Give me Liberty or Give me Death!

[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Police say they fired tear gas 87 times during the course of Sunday night’s protests.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Some people were hospitalized


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[belnibone]

Re: [Hong Kong] - gif image of police brutality during protests

Thats not maximum restraint but its brutality either.

 

[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

but large numbers of protesters continued to hold their ground.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Protesters said they wanted the current chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, to ask Beijing for genuine democracy for the territory’s voters.



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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Beijing has declared the protests illegal, and backed the Hong Kong government’s crackdown.



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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Beijing has also warned other countries not to support the “illegal rallies”, and will hope the movement does not embolden anti-government protests elsewhere in China.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

The protests were spearheaded by students and university-age activists.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

However, they have started gathering momentum across other sections of society.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

One man told the AFP news agency that protesters were growing more confident: “Police don’t have enough officers to close down the districts where there are protests.”



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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Protests have focused on the financial Central district, but have also broken out in the Causeway Bay shopping district
and caused a major roadblock across the bay in Mongkok.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

Speaking to the media on Monday, Cheung Tak-keung of the Hong Kong police said his officers had used the “bare minimum force”.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

He added that 41 people, including police officers, were injured during the previous three days.


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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

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[DianWei]

Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

A number of protesters are camping out at night, with some sleeping on the ground and others on improvised barricades.



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Re: What is Occupy Central? 10 key facts about Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement

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