Riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, in an area crowded with banks, jewellery shops and luxury shopping arcades, which became littered by graffiti, broken glass and bricks torn up from pathways. Protesters started street fires and vandalised the district's MTR station
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Protesters in Hong Kong march to US consulate calling for Trump’s support – video
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters sang the Star-Spangled Banner and called on Donald Trump to 'liberate' the territory in the latest in a series of demonstrations that have gripped the territory for months. Police stood by as protesters waved US flags and placards appealing for democracy after another night of violence in the 14th week of unrest
Continue reading...Hong Kong increases airport security after violent clashes – video
Security was tightened at Hong Kong's airport on Saturday in a bid to prevent protesters paralysing the travel hub. It came after violent clashes between police and protesters on Friday night. Riot police fired teargas and bean bag rounds at protesters outside Mong Kok metro station after they occupied roads and set fire to barricades
Continue reading...Hong Kong protests: security tight at airport after night of violence
Riot police posted at main entrances and only travellers with passports and boarding passes admitted
Hong Kong authorities implemented tight security measures in and around the airport after protesters planned to paralyse the travel hub following a night of violence in which riot police fired tear gas and sponge rounds in a local district to disperse crowds.
The measures came as anti-government demonstrations aimed at drawing global attention to the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s political crisis entered the end of its 13th week.
Continue reading...Thousands protest in South Africa over rising violence against women
President promises to do more after the most deadly month for violent crimes against women country has ever seen
Thousands of South African women took to the streets on Thursday to protest at the government’s failure to deal with rising violence against women in the wake of a string of brutal attacks that have shocked the country.
Women from across South African society marched to parliament in Cape Town dressed in black and purple in commemoration of those who lost their lives in August, the most deadly month for violent crimes against women the country has ever seen.
Continue reading...Hong Kong’s leader withdraws extradition bill that ignited mass protests
Chief executive did not concede to other demands including an inquiry into police violence
Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, has said her government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that has ignited months of protests and plunged the territory into its biggest political crisis in decades.
In a five-minute televised address on Wednesday, Lam said her government would formally withdraw the controversial bill to “fully allay public concerns”.
Continue reading...Carrie Lam says she would quit as Hong Kong CEO if she had a choice – audio
The embattled Hong Kong leader, Carrie Lam, said she has caused ‘unforgivable havoc’ by igniting the political crisis engulfing the city and would quit if she had a choice, according to a leaked audio recording of remarks she made last week to a group of businesspeople.
Lam admitted she now has ‘very limited’ options to resolve the crisis because the unrest has become a national security and sovereignty issue for China amid rising tensions with the United States.
Continue reading...Thousands of Hong Kong students boycott first day of term – video
University and secondary school students attend pro-democracy rallies in central Hong Kong on Monday as part of a wider anti-government movement that has plunged the region into its biggest political crisis in decades. The boycott follows a weekend marked by some of the worst violence since unrest escalated more than three months ago, with protesters burning barricades and throwing petrol bombs, and police retaliating with water cannon, teargas and batons
Continue reading...Gove portrait ‘visible from space’ drawn on beach in Brexit protest
Led By Donkeys group reminds minister of his statement that no one voted for no-deal Brexit
A portrait of Michael Gove so large it can “be seen from space” has been drawn on the sand on the North Yorkshire coast to condemn his stance on Brexit.
The anti-Brexit campaign group Led By Donkeys travelled to Redcar to install the drawing measuring 7,500 sq metres, which features a quote from the cabinet minister in which he said the UK “didn’t vote to leave without a deal” in the 2016 EU referendum.
Continue reading...How far will China go to stamp out Hong Kong protests?
Fears of Tiananmen-style crackdown as regional officials’ tactics only serve to fuel unrest
How far will China go to end Hong Kong’s unrest, now in its 13th week and still growing? Senior officials have spoken not only of “terrorist acts” but of “colour revolution characteristics”, making it clear that they have ruled out compromise.
So far they have relied on the Hong Kong government to suppress the protests, but the banning of rallies, brutal police tactics, thug attacks, the arrests of high-profile activists and metro line closures have failed to dampen the unrest. On Sunday, thousands of activists descended on the airport.
Continue reading...Fracking protesters ‘priced out’ of Cuadrilla legal challenge
Judge denies costs protection over injunction restricting protests at Lancashire site
An environmental group has been forced to withdraw its legal challenge to a wide-ranging injunction by the fracking firm Cuadrilla after being “priced out of court”.
Three fracking protesters are facing court action after the energy company obtained the injunction restricting protests at its shale gas exploration site in Lancashire.
Continue reading...Hong Kong: riot police pursue pro-democracy protesters from airport
Activists take over shopping complex and vandalise rail station after trying to choke city’s international hub
Thousands of demonstrators in Hong Kong have paralysed traffic and shut down transport links between the city and the airport during another day of protests demanding democratic freedoms in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.
On Sunday, demonstrators attempted to lay siege to the airport to draw global attention to the city that has been plunged into political crisis for the last three months.
Continue reading...Boston ‘straight pride’ parade dwarfed by large counter-protest
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A controversial “straight pride” parade in Boston on Saturday drew more than 1,000 counter-protesters and a few hundred supporters.
The rightwing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was “grand marshal” of the event, for which a group calling itself Super Happy Fun America (SHFA) acquired a permit in June.
Continue reading...Thousands protest against Boris Johnson’s parliament shutdown
Crowds march, wave banners and chant ‘stop the coup’ in cities across UK
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets across Britain and outside the gates of Downing Street in protest against Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament.
Crowds brandished banners pledging to “defend democracy”, chanted “stop the coup” and waved EU flags in London in a bid to resist the parliament shutdown.
Continue reading...‘Stop the coup!’: thousands protest against prorogation of parliament – video
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are taking to the streets across Britain and outside the gates of Downing Street in protest against Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament. Crowds brandished banners pledging to 'defend democracy', chanted: 'Stop the coup' and waved EU flags in dozens of locations around the country, including London, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and Leeds
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Fire, teargas and water cannon on Hong Kong streets in latest protests – video report
Protesters in Hong Kong set fire to piles of barriers and debris on Saturday on the city's 13th straight weekend of mass protests. Earlier, police fired teargas and water cannon at the protesters outside the government headquarters after some threw objects and petrol bombs at them.
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Follow the latest fallout from decision to suspend parliament amid mounting fears about a no-deal Brexit
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A hearing at the High Court in London relating to a bid to challenge the suspension of Parliament will take place on Thursday 5 September, a spokesman for the judiciary has confirmed.
The spokesman told PA:
“A hearing into an application for judicial review received from Gina Miller with the Prime Minister as defendant has been fixed for Thursday 5 September 5 2019 at the Divisional Court in Court 4 at the Royal Courts of Justice, with the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett presiding.
“The court will first consider the request for the case to be heard and, if it agrees, a full hearing will follow the same day. Further information will be given early next week.”
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Continue reading...Hong Kong protests: Joshua Wong and other pro-democracy figures arrested
Wong and fellow activist Agnes Chow subsequently released
Several prominent pro-democracy figures have been arrested in Hong Kong in an apparent crackdown on protests that have plunged the city into its worst political crisis in decades.
The democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, former student leaders of pro-democracy protests in 2014, were arrested on Friday and Andy Chan, the head of a now banned pro-independence party, was detained by police on Thursday. Wong and Chow were charged with offences including taking part in an unlawful assembly on 21 June 21 at Hong Kong police headquarters and released.
Continue reading...Hong Kong’s ‘be water’ protests leave China casting about for an enemy
Beijing’s worldview cannot conceive of a leaderless movement: there have to be saboteurs behind it
On Friday morning, as Hong Kong woke up, the news came in as thick as the incessant rain: Andy Chan Ho-tin, the head of the outlawed Hong Kong National party, was arrested overnight at the airport as he was about to go to Japan.
Then came the news of Joshua Wong’s arrest – one of the most famous pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Wong’s name became known in 2012 when, at 15, he organised the protests against the national education curriculum. The curriculum was seen as an attempt at instilling patriotism in Hong Kong’s youth, but described as “brainwashing” by Wong and his supporters. He was one of the leaders of the Umbrella Movement, in 2014 – for which he served time in jail, and is still facing a number of charges. Among the Umbrella Movement’s leaders was Agnes Chow: she, too, was arrested on Friday. Wong and Chow are the co-founders of the political party Demosisto, which, like Chan’s Hong Kong National party, is one of the organisations that emerged from the Umbrella Movement.
Continue reading...Up to seven dead in West Papua as protest turns violent
At least one Indonesian soldier and six civilians have been reportedly killed in the restive region
Up to six protesters and one soldier have been killed in clashes across the restive West Papua and Papua provinces, although protesters and police dispute how many have died.
A source at one protest in the Deiyai Regency told The Guardian on Thursday that police had fired lived rounds into a crowd of demonstrators outside the regency offices on Wednesday. Six people were killed and two seriously injured, the source, who requested anonymity fearing reprisals, said.
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