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Added on the 03/11/2019 16:53:03 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Hong Kong police ramp up security around the city's legislature -- known as LegCo -- ahead of a debate over a law that would ban insulting China's national anthem, the latest measure activists say is chipping away at free speech in the finance hub. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Apr 29 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters gathered Wednesday at a shopping mall to denounce a District Court Judge who handed down a controversial judgement, sympathizing with a man who admitted to stabbing three people at a "Lennon Wall" last August. The judiciary said this week that the judge in question would no longer handle any more protest-related cases. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE IN A SHOPPING MALL IN HONG KONG.
Plainclothes police officers baton-charge protesters in a Hong Kong shopping mall. Major shopping centres have become regular protest venues with demonstrators attempting to disrupt the economy in their push for greater democratic freedoms and police accountability. IMAGES
Riot police detain people as tensions remain high the morning after intense weekend clashes near Hong Kong's Polytechnic University. IMAGES
Riot police deploy at Hong Kong airport in a bid to thwart plans by pro-democracy protesters to target the transport hub in the movement's first mass mobilisation since the city's leader made a surprise concession earlier this week. IMAGES
Stand-offs in Hong Kong between protesters and riot police close to the Liaison Office, the department that represents Beijing in the city. IMAGES