In March 2019 the government of Hong Kong proposed a bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. In response, the people of Hong Kong took to the streets in record-breaking numbers. On one day, 16 June, up to 2 million people marched peacefully in the streets of Hong Kong. The Hong Kong police have responded to the protests with batons, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and water cannons.

Since June 2019, Hong Kong has seen months of non-stop unrest which shows no sign of stopping. Protests began in June when millions came out to oppose a controversial bill that would have allowed...

Hong Kong activists, ex-legislators jailed over 2019 protest. Court sentences seven activists and former legislators to jail over an unauthorised rally in October 2019.

Hong Kong's protests started in June against plans to allow extradition to mainland China. Critics feared this could undermine judicial independence and endanger dissidents. Until 1997, Hong Kong...

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In 2003, up to 500,000 people took to the streets to protest against a controversial security bill the Hong Kong government was trying to pass. The local government also backed down over ...

Hong Kong has been rocked by pro-democracy, anti-government protests for more than six months now, with escalating violence and anger on all sides. What began as peaceful mass marches has exploded...

Hong Kong has long hosted the only large-scale remembrance on Chinese soil of the Chinese military’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters around Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 4, 1989.

Hong Kong teachers will draw on protests, court cases to highlight need for lawfulness in course replacing liberal studies Teachers say they will use examples from 2019 unrest, national security ...