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Hong Kong Police Fire Rubber Bullets As Protests Turn Violent
A major anti-government march in Hong Kong descended into chaos late on Sunday, as police fired teargas on protesters and unidentified masked men attacked commuters returning from the demonstration.
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Hong Kong Protests Expand in Geography and Goals
Thousands of people marched Sunday in a populous Hong Kong suburb, calling not just for the complete withdrawal of a bill allowing extradition to China but also the right to vote for their leaders.
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"Fire in Us Is Still Burning": Hong Kong Democracy Leaders Go on Trial Over the 2014 Occupy Protests
Three of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists and six others went on trial Monday for spearheading the tumultuous “Occupy Central” demonstrations in 2014.
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Umbrella Movement Victory: Pro-Independence Candidates Win Seats in Hong Kong Election
In a result likely to shake up Hong Kong politics and strain relations with China, a new generation of young pro-independence candidates from the Occupy Central "Umbrella movement" won five seats.
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Umbrella Movement Anniversary: 40 Powerful Photos of Pro-Democracy Protests that Shook Hong Kong
One year ago, Hong Kong's streets were shut down by pro-democracy activists who occupied them for 79 days in what became known as the "Umbrella Movement"
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Young Leader Of Hong Kong's Occupy Central Movement Hits Back After Arrest and Charges
"Today is a political prosecution," said Joshua Wong after his arrest last week. "My involvement in the Civic Square action is the best thing I have accomplished in the four years I've been involved in social student movements."
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Umbrella Resurgence As Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Protests Retake the Streets
Packed roads resembled rivers of yellow as protesters carried yellow banners and umbrellas – a symbol of last year's campaign after protesters used them to fend off police pepper spray attacks.
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Hong Kong Police Arrest Last Protesters, Clearing Umbrella Movement Occupation
Politicians, a pop singer and a media tycoon were among those detained as pro-democracy demonstrators were forcibly removed from city center on Thursday.
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Umbrella Politics: What American Movements Can Learn From the Hong Kong Protests
Hong Kong activists are fighting to exercise the simple right that Americans would be taking for granted the very next day.
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Hong Kong Police Violently Drive Out Pro-Democracy Protesters, Arresting Dozens
Police baton charges left some protesters prostrate and bleeding while volleys of pepper spray left others vomiting and temporarily blind, with at least 40 people taken to hospital.
