Thursday, April 27, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

New arrests in Hong Kong as police hold nine democracy activists
The Guardian, April 27, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/27/new-arrests-in-hong-kong-as-police-charge-nine-democracy-activists

Related:
反人大釋法遊行 8人今早遭登門拘捕 (Eight people arrested this morning over protest against Beijing’s interpretation of Basic Law in November)
InmediaHK, April 27, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1049105

警方拘捕反釋法遊行人士 梁國雄稱欲製造寒蟬效應 (Lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung says the gov’t is trying to create “chilling effect” with arrests of participants in November protest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1327400-20170427.htm

HK Timeline: The Struggle for Democracy & Universal Suffrage
香港爭取民主和真普選大事記
Human Rights in China, April 6, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/hk-timeline-struggle-democracy-universal-suffrage
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cht/xiang-gang-zheng-qu-min-zhu-he-zhen-pu-xuan-da-shi-ji

重开公民广场以纾缓紧张 现任特首再与候任特首抬杠 (Incumbent CE and CE-elect in conflict again over the reopening of Civic Square which aims to ease tension in society)
Radio France Internationale, April 25, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20170425-重开公民广场以纾缓紧张-现任特首再与候任特首抬杠