After two relatively quiet weeks have broken out in Hong Kong of serious unrest. Police on Sunday used tear gas and water cannons against protesters, the fire-sets, among other things, to a police station threw. Along the route an unsanctioned rally U-Bahn stations, as well as hundreds of shops were destroyed. Black-clad protesters threw Were on the streets and was also attended by Chinese banks in their sights. At various Points they set fires. The police cleared block with heavy vehicles of protesters erected Road.
according to observers, the police water cannons as intense as ever before in the last few months of ongoing protests. In addition, coughing, bouts of people pointed out that the police had added to the water-jet stimulus of substances. The police turns the water blue, to be able to protesters later identify.
“Better dead than red”
The police had banned the Demonstration on the grounds that public safety will be endangered. Despite the ban, tens of thousands of people took to the streets. Least of all was it came in two weeks ago with the introduction of a goddamn mask ban, on the basis of laws from the colonial period to serious riots. On Sunday, many protesters carried umbrellas to hide from surveillance cameras. On Transparent Freed Hong Kong was to “read” on the walls has been sprayed “Better dead than red”, and “We would rather die on our feet than live on your knees.”
The protests had begun some four months ago as a resistance against a now withdrawn draft law and delivered a suspect to the people’s Republic of China. However, the protesters also General freedoms at risk, which enjoys the former British crown colony. In the meantime, the protests are aimed directly against the government in Beijing. Hong Kong, since 1997 a special administrative region of the people’s Republic. (roy/Reuters)
Created: 21.10.2019, 02:50 PM
