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2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. 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.
Joshua Wong Chi-fung ( Chinese: 黃之鋒; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Jīfūng; born 13 October 1996) [ 1] is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He served as secretary-general of the pro-democracy party Demosisto until it disbanded following the implementation of the Hong Kong national security law on 30 June 2020. Wong was previously convenor ...
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. 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]
v. t. e. The month of August 2020 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests saw only sparse and relatively small protests, mainly due to the city going through a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and an outdoor gathering ban on groups of more than two people. [ 1] As the impact of the Hong Kong National Security Law on the city became ...
The month of July 2020 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests began with a turning point in the evolution of the protests, brought about by the Hong Kong national security law. The law, which had been passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China on 30 June and come into effect on the same day, was widely seen as ...
The Umbrella Movement (Chinese: 雨傘運動) was a political movement that emerged during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. [2] [3] [4] Its name arose from the use of umbrellas as a tool for passive resistance to the Hong Kong Police's use of pepper spray to disperse the crowd during a 79-day occupation of the city demanding more transparent elections, which was sparked by the decision of the ...
During protests on 1 July 2020, the first full day that the Hong Kong national security law had been in force, 24-year-old Tong Ying-kit drove a motorcycle displaying a flag with the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" into a group of police officers, injuring three of them.
t. e. 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.