Tag Archives: Hong Kong Protests

  • Hong Kong activists arrested over last year’s democracy rallies 18 April 2020 This post has one comment

    Police in Hong Kong carried out a sweeping operation against high-profile democracy campaigners on Saturday, arresting 15 activists on charges related to massive protests that rocked the Asian financial hub last year. ...

  • Ugyen Gyalpo What can Tibetans learn from Hong Kong? 20 November 2019 | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has one comment

    We have shown solidarity towards others' cause marching hand in hand, but what about ours? How can we all sleep when we have dead countrymen and burnt bodies in the minds of our houses? ...

  • Hong Kong police shoot protester, igniting renewed fury 11 November 2019 | Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi This post has no comments yet

    A Hong Kong policeman shot a masked protester in the torso on Monday morning, igniting clashes across the city and renewed fury towards the force as crowds took to the streets to block roads ...

  • Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters demand ‘real autonomy’ 2 November 2019 | Jessie Pang and John Geddie This post has 2 comments

    Hong Kong police fired volley after volley of tear gas to break up thousands of anti-government protesters, most dressed in black and wearing face masks, in Victoria Park. ...

  • Ugyen Gyalpo Betrayal, greed, and myopic quest for self-interest 11 October 2019 | Ugyen Gyalpo This post has 2 comments

    I deeply worry about the Tibetan people, stuck in this once-friendly neighbor, once a safe haven, now turned into maze of traps, a good neighbor now reduced to capricious blood suckers. ...

  • Laden Tshering Samdup The King Kongs of democracy 9 September 2019 | Laden Tshering Samdup This post has no comments yet

    It's quite possible that the Hong Kong protesters are digging the road to democracy for the rest of China. Freedom is not a constitutional right -- it's a birthright. ...

  • Hong Kong police round up activists in crackdown on protests 30 August 2019 This post has no comments yet

    Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists including three lawmakers were arrested Friday in a protest crackdown -- a move described by rights groups as a well-worn tactic deployed by China. ...

  • China rotates new troops into Hong Kong amid mass protests 29 August 2019 | Ken Moritsugu and Yanan Wang This post has no comments yet

    China's military deployed fresh troops to Hong Kong on Thursday in what it called a routine rotation amid speculation that it might intervene in the city's pro-democracy protests. ...

  • Hong Kong police fire first gunshot, water cannon in protest clashes 25 August 2019 This post has one comment

    Hong Kong police used water cannon for the first time and at least one officer fired his sidearm during pitched battles with protesters Sunday. ...

  • Tibetans march in support of Hong Kong protests 19 August 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    In a show of support for the protesters in Hong Kong, exile Tibetans marched, prayed, and shouted slogans in the capital of the Tibetan diaspora, McLeod Ganj, India. ...