Tag Archives: Human Rights

• 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. ...

• Will the Hong Kong protests move China towards being a better world citizen? | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet

  The question is whether the Chinese government will mend its ways to gain more acceptability in the world as a civilized government that respects human freedoms and individual liberty. ...

• Hong Kong protesters throng streets in pouring rain 18 August 2019 | Yan Zhao and Catherine Lai This post has no comments yet

  A sea of democracy activists flooded the streets of Hong Kong Sunday in a defiant show to the city's leaders that their movement still pulls wide public support, despite mounting violence. ...

• Chinese military personnel parade near Hong Kong border 15 August 2019 This post has 2 comments

  Chinese authorities have on two occasions this week linked violent protests in Hong Kong to "terrorism". They have consistently described protesters as "rioters". ...

• Hong Kong protests shut down airport 12 August 2019 This post has 2 comments

  All flights in and out of Hong Kong were cancelled on Monday after thousands of pro-democracy protesters flooded the city's airport to denounce police violence. ...

• China defends Hong Kong police, blames Western forces 29 July 2019 | Yanan Wang This post has 3 comments

  China blamed Western forces and defended police conduct in remarks Monday about Hong Kong after the city endured another weekend of violent clashes between protesters and police. ...

• Police fire tear gas in clash with Hong Kong protesters over banned march 27 July 2019 | Marius Zaharia and Donny Kwok This post has 2 comments

  Police fired tear gas during clashes in a rural Hong Kong town on Saturday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members on protesters. ...

• Li Peng, Chinese premier during Tiananmen crackdown, dies 25 July 2019 | Ken Moritsugu This post has no comments yet

  Li, who died Monday at 90, warned Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protesters in May 1989 that “the situation will not develop as you wish” a day before he announced martial law. ...