Hong Kong protests show no sign of slowing as the city heads into 2020. Protesters say they will not stop until their demands, including an independent inquiry into police handling of the protests and amnesty for arrested protesters, are met
HONG KONG - Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in clashes between police and protesters since Christmas.
The Front previously organized the peaceful million-plus marches in June and held the latest mass march earlier in December, when they said around 800,000 people attended. While the protests - now in their seventh month - have lessened in intensity and size in recent weeks, their frequency has held up, with marches or rallies occurring almost daily in the former British colony.
More than 2,000 protesters have been injured since June according to the Hospital Authority. While there is no official count of deaths during the protests, student Chow Tsz-lok died after a high fall during a pro-democracy rally in November. Multiple suicides have been linked to the movement. Protests have evolved into a broader pro-democracy movement since they erupted in June in response to a now-withdrawn bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, where courts are controlled by the Communist Party.
FILE PHOTO: Anti-government demonstrators take part in a protest in Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong, China, December 29, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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