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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. [22] [23]
Some traffic lights would light up with the words ‘Free HK’ slogan on it, during 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. [159] [160] It was discovered near the Chief Executive's Office in Hong Kong and Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building , then widely circulated by media since 2 September 2019 protest.
Gwong1fuk6 Hoeng1gong2, si4doi6 gaak3ming6. A flag with the slogan at an anti-extradition bill protest. " Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times " ( Chinese: 光復香港，時代革命; also translated variously) is a slogan used by social movements in Hong Kong. The slogan was first used in 2016 by Hong Kong Indigenous spokesman Edward ...
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 ...
On the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong protesters marked a "national day of mourning". [4] In defiance of a police ban on the annual march that the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) had applied for, four veteran democrats led a rally from Causeway Bay to Central, mourning the victims of Chinese Communist Party rule and calling for the end of one ...
The month of June 2020 was the first anniversary of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. The decision taken by the National People's Congress on national security legislation and the alleviation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong led to a new series of protests and international responses. On 30 June, the Standing Committee of the National ...
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 ...
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]