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Added on the 20/11/2019 04:59:33 - Copyright : AFP EN
Dozens of Hong Kong protesters escape a two-day police siege at a campus by shimmying down a rope from a bridge to awaiting motorbikes in a dramatic and perilous breakout that followed a renewed warning by Beijing of a possible intervention to end the crisis engulfing the city. Clashes rumbled throughout the day between protesters and police who had threatened to use deadly force to dislodge activists holed-up in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). IMAGES
Hong Kong, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong began Tuesday a trial of 47 pro-democracy defendants who are facing charges of alleged subversion under the national security law after taking part in unauthorised pro-democracy primaries in July 2020. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO SUPPORTS 47 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE WEST KOWLOON LAW COURTS BUILDING IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Pro-Beijing lawmakers on Thursday welcomed China's National People's Congress (NPC) official endorsement of a proposal to 'refine' Hong Kong's election system for the chief executive and Legislative Council elections. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: EXTERIOR OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN HONG KONG AND REGINA IP, CHAIRPERSON OF THE PRO-BEIJING NEW PEOPLE'S PARTY, AND HER PARTY SPEAK DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Mar 4 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of protesters gathered again on Thursday outside a Hong Kong Court where the preliminary hearing of the 47 opponents charged with conspiracy to subvert state powers under the National Security Law has been carrying out. The hearing has been dragging on since Monday. Several of those appearing have been hospitalized because of exhaustion.The 47 dissidents were among 55 people rounded up on January 6 and 7 by police in a mass arrest operation that sent shockwaves through Hong Kong. They were alleged to have attempted to paralyze the government through their involvement in the primaries held in July 2020. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS OF DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS GATHER OUTSIDE THE WEST KOWLOON COURT BUILDING IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Mar 1 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds surrounded a court Monday in Hong Kong to show support for 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists who made their first appearance before the judge a day after police charged them for conspiring to subvert state power under a national security law.In an event not seen since the enforcement of coronavirus-related social distancing rules months ago, and since the Beijing-imposed security law took effect in the city in June, the pro-democracy crowd grew in the early morning outside West Kowloon Magistrate. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS GATHER TO SHOW SUPPORT OF ARRESTED FELLOW ACTIVISTS OUTSIDE THE WEST KOWLOON COURT IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Jan 19 (EFE/EPA).- The government of Hong Kong Tuesday stepped up the Covid-19 testing in three districts, which are Sham Shui Po, Yau Ma Tei and Jordan, as cases in those areas surged. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: LOCAL RESIDENTS REGISTER FOR COVID-19 TESTS AT MOBILE TESTING STATIONS IN JORDAN, HONG KONG, CHINA.
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