by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 1, 2015 | World
Hong Kong, Reuters—Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year. Some 2,000 police flanked an estimated 12,000 protesters...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 11, 2014 | World
Hong Kong, Reuters—Hong Kong workers cleared large parts of the main pro-democracy protest site on Thursday as police hauled activists away one by one, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations that have choked parts of the Chinese-controlled...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2014 | World
Hong Kong, Reuters—Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists forced the temporary closure of government headquarters on Monday after clashing with police, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of sustained protests in the Chinese-controlled city....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 29, 2014 | World
Hong Kong, Reuters—Thousands of pro-democracy activists clashed with police in running scuffles in Hong Kong’s gritty Mong Kok district early on Saturday in a bid to reclaim part of one of the city’s largest and most volatile protest sites. After a tense...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 19, 2014 | World
Hong Kong, AP—Tensions spiked at democracy protests that have gripped Hong Kong for nearly two months as a small group of activists clashed with police while trying to break into the city’s legislature early Wednesday. Police arrested six people in the overnight...
