Hong Kong protests

Hong Kong's legislature has outlawed insulting China's national anthem just as activists planned to commemorate Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre despite a ban.

Demonstrators gathered at Hysan Place shopping mall on May 27.

Pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong have criticised the national security law and say it goes against the “one country, two systems” framework.

A pro-Beijing politician had to be escorted out of the chamber of the Hong Kong Legislative council after a protest broke out over a new bill tabled by China to limit opposition powers in the semi-autonomous territory.

Small flashmob demonstrations broke out in at least eight malls throughout Sunday afternoon prompting riot police to rush in heckling crowds of activists

Back in 2016, government health workers followed by police tried to shut down informal food sellers in the densely-populated Mong Kok.

The Hong Kong Government condemned the demonstrators after two plainclothes police officers were set up by some protest march participants.

Violence erupted at a rally calling for greater democratic freedoms.

From Europe to Latin America, demonstrations against inequality and corruption garnered international headlines.

About 100 protesters marched through a Hong Kong mall shouting, “Liberate Hong Kong!” and “Return to the mainland!”

Protesters have expanded their demands to include an investigation into police brutality, setting protesters free, and universal suffrage.

Hundreds of office workers in Hong Kong's business district gathered on Monday for the first in a week of lunchtime protests backing the pro-democracy movement after its resounding victory in district polls held last week.

It's likely this will worsen already fraught relations between Washington and Beijing

Voters sent a clear signal of support for the anti-government protests that have rocked the territory for more than five months.

Anti-government protesters remain trapped inside the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. It follows days of confrontation between the police and students. The demonstrators are now trying to get out of the complex using ropes and even the sewage system.

"It's Britain's moral and political responsibility because these are British citizens, but they are British Nationals Overseas," Emily Lau told Euronews.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said that around 100 protesters remain in the Polytechnic University campus.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon remained blocked by an unconditional group of at least 100 students and other militant protesters on Saturday, while most of the remaining nine major universities in the city were no longer occupied, except for a handful of people.