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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 532

Hong Kong protests

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to their talks in Beijing, China, on February 4, 2022. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 6, 2022, 1:03 pm
China adopts Russia’s ‘denazification’ myth to rationalize invasion of Ukraine
Official Chinese news sites have also published baseless claims that the US trained Ukrainian neo-Nazis to destabilize Hong Kong during protests there in 2019
By Jordyn Haime
People hold up their phones with the light on in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 4, 2021, after police closed the venue where Hong Kong people traditionally gather annually to mourn the victims of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 which the authorities have banned citing the coronavirus pandemic and vowed to stamp out any protests on the anniversary. (ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
June 5, 2021, 9:17 am
Israeli hosting firm Wix removes Hong Kong democracy website after police order
Tel Aviv-based company says decision to remove site was ‘mistake,’ reinstates it when 1st known case of police using new law to demand overseas firms censor content becomes public
By AFP
Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
April 16, 2021, 1:36 pm
Leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy movement jailed amid crackdown
5 activists receive up to 18-month sentences for organizing massive protests in August 2019; 82-year-old lawyer let off due to his age
By Zen Soo
Pedestrians walk on a street in Hong Kong on March 31, 2021. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
April 3, 2021, 1:52 pm
Hong Kong to vet political candidates’ past to ensure loyalty to China
China says it will move to ensure only ‘patriots’ run the city, amid ongoing crackdown on democracy movement
By AFP
In this December 3, 2018, file photo, residents line up inside the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center which has previously been revealed by leaked documents to be a forced indoctrination camp at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. (AP/Ng Han Guan, File)
December 19, 2020, 1:09 pm
Olympic Committee accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Games
Groups speaking for Tibetans, Uighurs and others representing Hong Kong say international body has ‘turned a blind eye’ to systematic violations
By Stephen Wade
A government advertisement (C) promoting China’s planned national security law is displayed on the city hall building in Hong Kong on June 29, 2020. (ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP)
June 30, 2020, 8:30 am
China passes controversial security law endangering Hong Kong’s autonomy
Beijing’s plan to let mainland authorities operate openly in region, bypassing local government, unanimously approved in major anti-freedom step
By Jerome TAYLOR and Yan ZHAO
A group of US protesters surrounded several National Guard vehicles that were driving on Lake Street towards the blockade under the Hiawatha Light Rail station and forced them to reverse out in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 29, 2020. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)
May 31, 2020, 10:15 am
Mass protests in US, France, Hong Kong raise fears of renewed virus outbreaks
US officials warn against flouting distancing rules during rallies following police killing of black man; Hong Kong police use virus rules to disperse pro-democracy demonstrations
By brian melley and John Seewer
Chinese President Xi Jinping, bottom, arrives for the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
May 28, 2020, 11:16 am
China okays plan for controversial security law endangering Hong Kong’s autonomy
Beijing’s plan to let mainland authorities operate openly in region, bypassing Hong Kong’s government, is overwhelmingly adopted in major anti-freedom step
By AFP
A protester gestures with five fingers, signifying the 'Five demands - not one less' during a protest in Central Government Complex in Hong Kong, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
May 27, 2020, 4:36 pm
Protesters mass in Hong Kong as anthem law is debated
Bill would make it illegal to insult or abuse the Chinese national anthem ‘March of the Volunteers’; offenders would face up to 3 years in prison
By Zen Soo
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during his online video link press conference during the National People's Congress (NPC) at the media center in Beijing on May 24, 2020. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
May 24, 2020, 12:35 pm
China’s foreign minister says US is pushing relations to ‘brink of new Cold War’
Longstanding friction between the powers over trade, human rights, Hong Kong has risen to new heights since virus outbreak
By AFP
Police special tactical squad detain a protester (C) in Wanchai, Hong Kong on May 24, 2020, as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest against a national security law (Yan ZHAO / AFP)
May 24, 2020, 12:28 pm
Hong Kong hit by fresh protests as China seeks new sweeping security powers
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators opposing controversial law that critics say will end residents’ freedoms of speech and protest
By Yan ZHAO and Xinqi SU
Riot police stand in between pro-China supporters (C) as they shout slogans and gesture towards office workers (not pictured) gathering in support of pro-democracy protesters during a lunch break rally in the Central district of Hong Kong on November 22, 2019. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP)
November 28, 2019, 11:01 am
China furious as Trump signs bills in support of Hong Kong protesters
Beijing issues heated condemnation of ‘evil and dangerous’ laws, says Washington will bear consequences for backing pro-democracy demonstrations
By AP
Pro-democracy supporters celebrate after pro-Beijing politician Junius Ho lost his election in Hong Kong, November 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
November 25, 2019, 5:46 pm
In major rebuke to Beijing, democracy camp wins Hong Kong elections in landslide
‘It’s nothing short of a revolution,’ analyst says after official results are published; however, China still likely to resist demands by protesters
By EILEEN NG and KEN MORITSUGU
Election winner candidate Kelvin Lam, right, and pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, second right, wave to people and thank for their support, outside South Horizons Station in Hong Kong, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
November 25, 2019, 5:15 am
Pro-democracy camp looks to have won Hong Kong election
Result could force central government in Beijing to rethink how to handle the unrest, which is now in its sixth month
By EILEEN NG
Fires burn at the steps to Hong Kong Polytechnic University as police storm the campus in Hong Kong, early Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Hong Kong police have stormed into a university campus held by protesters after an all-night standoff. Fiery explosions could be seen inside as riot officers entered before dawn Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
November 18, 2019, 3:13 am
Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters as fires rage
Riot police try to break in after an all-night siege that includes firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons; students respond with fire bombs
By KEN MORITSUGU
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