Tag Archives: Protest

• Protesting Hong Kong students storm government complex 27 September 2014 | Aaron Tam This post has no comments yet

  Dozens of protesters broke through the gates of Hong Kong's government headquarters late Friday in an ongoing student demonstration against Beijing's refusal to grant the city unfettered democracy. ...

• Tibetan Youth Congress protest continues in Delhi, many detained 18 September 2014 This post has no comments yet

  Members of the Tibetan Youth Congress continued their protest today outside the Hotel Taj Palace here, against Chinese President Xi Jinping's three-day visit to India. ...

• Majnu Ka Tilla residents want PM, Xi to talk Tibet 17 September 2014 | Jayashree Nandi This post has no comments yet

  A day before Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in the capital, Delhi's largest Tibetan resettlement colony at Majnu Ka Tilla is gearing up to send messages for Xi. ...

• Rights group says Chinese police open fire on Tibetan protesters 14 August 2014 | Sui-Lee Wee This post has no comments yet

  Chinese police have opened fire on Tibetan demonstrators in southwestern China, wounding 10 people, after the Tibetans protested against the detention of a respected village leader. ...

• Organisers of huge Hong Kong rally arrested 4 July 2014 This post has no comments yet

  Police on Friday arrested the organisers of Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy rally,, sparking outrage from campaigners for "political suppression". ...

• Hundreds arrested after huge Hong Kong democracy protest 2 July 2014 | Aaron Tam This post has no comments yet

  Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that mobilised half a million people. ...

• Hong Kong marches for democracy as govt says “doing its utmost” 1 July 2014 | James Pomfret and Grace Li This post has no comments yet

  Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in Hong Kong on Tuesday, in possibly the biggest challenge to Chinese Communist Party rule in more than a decade. ...

• China official met by protests, says respects Taiwan’s choices 27 June 2014 | Faith Hung This post has no comments yet

  Zhang Zhijun,, China's top official in charge of relations with self-ruled Taiwan, said that he understood and respected the choices of its people. ...

• China jails nine more in East Turkistan for “terror offences” 26 June 2014 | Ben Blanchard This post has no comments yet

  Chinese authorities in East Turkistan have jailed nine more people for up to 14 years for "terror-related" offences at a public sentencing. ...

• Hong Kong activists predict biggest protest since China handover 25 June 2014 | Aaron Tam This post has no comments yet

  Activists expect more than half a million people to take to the streets on Hong Kong's annual protest day in what would be the biggest march since Britain handed the city back to China. ...