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Hong Kong Police Forcibly Clear Protesters Barricades.
But on Monday morning, he used his talents to pursue a different goal ��� lashing together two-inch-thick bamboo poles in an elaborate lattice that he designed to protect an encampment of pro-democracy student protesters here. The lattice. Mr. Wu began creating his bamboo barrier after the police, in a series of raids on protest encampments Monday, carted off many of the barriers of steel or super-hardened plastic that the students had been using. Most of these��.
Traffic resumes after Hong Kong clears protesters | The.
HONG KONG ��� Traffic was back to normal Friday in Hong Kongs financial district after authorities demolished a protest camp at the heart of the citys 2 ��-month pro-democracy movement. Hundreds of police officers, some armed with. Police said 249 people were arrested for unlawful assembly and obstructing police officers, bringing the total number of those detained since the movement began 75 days earlier to about 900. There were no violent clashes seen in��.
Hong Kong moves to clear out its main pro-democracy camp
BEIJING ��� Hong Kong police said Tuesday they would clear the citys main pro-democracy camp later this week, setting up a possible final showdown with protesters after a court order authorized the sweeps. The operation, set to begin Thursday, reflects.
Hong Kong student leader Shum arrested
November 27, 2014 8:42 AM EST - Clashes broke out in Hong Kong, where police were trying to clear pro-democracy protesters camped out in the citys Mong Kok district. (Reuters). RELATED LINKS. WORLD VIEWS: Hong Kong student protest leader says .
Hong Kong police close final protest site
The police operation came after authorities on Thursday shut down the protesters main camp near the heart of Hong Kongs financial district and arrested 249 people who refused to leave. One last pocket of protesters camped out on a courtyard.
Protesters defend spots against riot police in Hong Kong
November 25, 2014 6:06 PM EST - Hong Kong riot police arrested at least 80 pro-democracy protesters Tuesday, after several thousand demonstrators removed street barricades following the clearance of other protest spots. (Reuters) .
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Hong Kong police clear pro-democracy demonstrators protest site
HONG KONG ��� Police cleared the remaining barricades from one of Hong Kongs largest protest sites Wednesday and arrested two pro-democracy leaders as authorities stepped up their efforts to end the two-month-long civil disobedience campaign. Hundreds.
Hong Kong student leaders arrested as police try to clear.
Hong Kong police arrested two high-profile student leaders on Wednesday morning, pro-democracy demonstrators said, as scuffles broke out during police attempts to clear one of the zones held by protesters. Joshua Wong and Lester Shum, whose detention was reported by the Hong Kong Students Federation and the South China Morning Post, came after a night of clashes with police in the Mong Kok neighbourhood. A total of 116 people were being held for��.
At least 40 arrested after pro-democracy protesters and.
HONG KONG (CNN) ��� Hong Kong police have begun dismantling the main Hong Kong protest site Monday morning after a violent nighttime standoff when protesters surrounded government headquarters in the citys��.
Last of Hong Kong Protesters Arrested Amid Police Clearance
Hong Kong police have arrested legislators, student leaders, a pop singer and a media tycoon in a final push to remove the ���umbrella movement��� from the centre of the city after 10 weeks of pro-democracy protests.
Hong Kong court grants injunction after clashes between protesters and police
BEIJING ��� After a fresh outbreak of violence between Hong Kong police and pro-democracy demonstrators, a Hong Kong court granted an injunction Monday that could set in motion a bid by authorities to clear parts of the main protest site. The court.
Hong Kong protesters denied entry into mainland China.
���How could I threaten anyones security?��� A growing number of people in Hong Kong who have taken part in the citys recent pro-democracy protests aresuddenly finding themselves denied entry into China. The action. I have no regrets about what I did.��� This article appeared in Guardian Weekly, which incorporates material from the Washington Post. Hong Kong student leader considering suing police over arrest, says lawyer. Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong��.
WorldViews: Hong Kong student protest leader says police.
By Washington Post, Simon Denyer, November 27, 2014. BEIJING ��� Eighteen-year-old Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong said on Thursday he had been hit several times by police during his arrest at pro-democracy protests the��.
Occupy is over: Hong Kong chief executive announces end.
Hong Kongs leader declared an end to 78 days of mass protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police today cleared the last major camp and arrested 17 peaceful protesters. ���With the completion of the clearance work��.
2-month Hong Kong occupation near end | TribLIVE
HONG KONG ��� Police cleared the remaining barricades from one of Hong Kongs largest protest sites on Wednesday and arrested two pro-democracy leaders as authorities stepped up their efforts to end the two-month-long��.
Traffic resumes after Hong Kong clears protesters
HONG KONG ��� Traffic was back to normal Friday in Hong Kongs financial district after authorities demolished a protest camp at the heart of the citys 2 ��-month pro-democracy movement. Hundreds of police officers, some armed with chain saws and bolt .
Clashes Escalate in Hong Kong Between Protesters, Police.
Police have begun arresting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong after China said it would not allow the city to freely choose its top leader. Hong Kong officials on Tuesday said they arrested 19 protesters for what they��.
Hong Kong police arrest Admiralty district protesters | News.
Police in Hong Kong have begun to arrest pro-democracy protesters holding out at the major remaining demonstration site in the Admiralty district. Officers cleared tents after an ultimatum to abandon the camp expired.. Leave or face arrest, police said to demonstrators blocking Tim Wa avenue in Hong Kongs Admiralty district. There was a defiant mood on the part of the pro-democracy campaigners, with Alex Chow of the Hong Kong Federation of Students saying��.
Hong Kong police dismantle pro-democracy protest site, making more than 200.
HONG KONG ��� Police dismantled the last barricades at Hong Kongs main pro-democracy protest site Thursday and arrested more than 200 activists in an emotion-laden end to a campaign of civil disobedience that had lasted more than two months.
Hong Kong protesters will be arrested if they have not left.
A huge banner reads Well be back set up by pro-democracy protesters lies on an overpass at the financial Central district in Hong Kong. Photo: K.Y. Cheng. In an all-out clearance of the Occupy Central base camp in��.
Hong Kong police turn away three protest leaders
Four protest leaders, from left, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Chan Kin-man, Joseph Zen and Chu Yiu-ming, surrounded by police officers, walk to the police station in Hong Kong as they surrender to police Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, to take responsibility for.
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Police in Hong Kong dismantled the last barricades at the main pro-democracy protest site on Thursday and began arresting activists after more than two months of unrest. The Hong Kong government has refused to make concessions to protesters, who want .
Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy protesters
HONG KONG ��� Hong Kong police arrested 12 protesters blocking several roads in the Mong Kok neighborhood overnight Wednesday as pro-democracy demonstrators returned to the site hundreds had occupied for more than two months, police said.
Hong Kong student protest leader says police struck him repeatedly
BEIJING ��� Eighteen-year-old Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong said on Thursday he had been hit several times by police during his arrest at pro-democracy protests the previous day, taking aim below the belt at his private parts. Wong was arrested .
Hundreds of police to clear Hong Kongs last pro-democracy.
Forces low popularity rating after pro-democracy protests fail to deter police recruits.. Hong Kong police clear the main pro-democracy Umbrella Movement site in Admiralty last Thursday. Photo: EPA. The last embers of the 2��-month Occupy.. Dec 14th 2014 11:07am. Wonder if those same pan-dem clowns will show up to get arrested again tomorrow to gain their publicity? with Emily Lau and Alan Leong shouting with their big mouths to get reporters photos.
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters face strategic choice.
Police arrested several protesters following a tense stand-off between members of the democracy movement and bailiffs who were trying to enforce a court order to clear one part of Argyle Street in Mongkok, a bustling shopping district in Kowloon. Hong Kongs pro-democracy protesters are openly and self-consciously struggling to make a strategic choice, Jay Ulfelder notes on The Washington Posts Monkey Cage blog: Game theoretic models of social unrest often��.
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Hong Kong Protesters Could Be Arrested After Economic.
Hong Kongs pro-democracy protesters could be arrested if they remain in the streets beyond Tuesday, according to the citys acting chief executive. A court ruled on Monday that police could apprehend demonstrators who��.
Hong Kong police arrest 40 in protests
December 1, 2014 7:01 AM EST - Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police Monday as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters. Police say 40 people were arrested. (AP) .
Arrested Hong Kong activists released as pro-democracy.
All protesters arrested on the last day of the Occupy camp in Admiralty were released yesterday morning, the day after the clearance, with most of them refusing bail... But the protests continued last night, as democracy supporters staged a shopping trip to Causeway Bay, where a bizarre stand-off saw police raise yellow warning flags as protesters dressed in choir garb sang carols and waved banners outside Times Square. A crowd of about 200 gathered for the��.
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Not with a tank, but with a truncheon ��� thats how Hong Kongs pro-democracy demonstrations are ending after a seven-week standoff with the local government. In September, when Hong Kongs police fired tear gas on unarmed protestors,. Three high.