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t. e. The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government 's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong.
The period from March to June 2019 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests is considered the early stage of the movement. Until the first mass demonstrations in June, protests were focused on the withdrawal of the extradition bill. In June, protesters started to lay out five demands. The additional four demands concerned the reactions of the Hong ...
The founding cause of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests was the proposed legislation of the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill. However, other causes have been pointed out, such as demands for democratic reform, the Causeway Bay Books disappearances, or a general fear of losing a "high degree of autonomy". [1] The Hong Kong protests are unique in ...
The Hong Kong 1 July protests was an annual protest rally originally held by the Civil Human Rights Front from the day of handover in 1997 on the HKSAR establishment day. However, it was not until 2003 that the march drew large public attention by opposing the legislation of Basic Law Article 23.
The 12 June 2019 Hong Kong protest, also known as "612 incident" (Chinese: 6.12 金鐘警民衝突). [3] [4] [5] refers to an incident of intense confrontation between anti-extradition bill protesters and the Hong Kong Police Force , occurring on 12 June 2019 outside the Government Headquarters in Admiralty , Hong Kong Island .
Protesters and residents condemned the action, complaining it unnecessary and unreasonable. This was the largest protest in Hong Kong solely mobilised by netizens and in Kowloon area to date. Night-time clashes. After the end of the march at 7:30 pm, around 300 protesters left the West Kowloon station and headed to Canton Road again.
Death of Chow Tsz-lok, Siege of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2019 Hong Kong local elections: December: 22 3 January 2020: 27 3 February: 12 N/A March: 6 1 April: 8 N/A May: 5 N/A June: 1 N/A Unauthorized protest on occasion of the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and ...
While reports suggested it had been the largest ever, certainly the largest protest Hong Kong has seen since the 1997 handover, surpassing the turnout seen at mass rallies in support of the Tiananmen protests of 1989 and 1 July demonstration of 2003, CHRF convenor Jimmy Sham said that 1.03 million people attended the march, while the police put ...