Huge crowd takes Hong Kong protest message to US consulate

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:50:37 +0000

PROTESTERS march from Chater Garden to the US consulate in Hong Kong to call on the US to pressure Beijing to meet their demands and for Congress to pass a recently proposed bill that expresses support for the protest movement. (AFP)

HONG Kong, China (AFP) –  A huge crowd of pro-democracy activists marched to the United States consulate in Hong Kong yesterday in a bid to ramp up international pressure on Beijing following three months of huge and sometimes violent protests.

Millions have taken to Hong Kong’s streets over the last 14 weeks in the biggest challenge to China’s rule since the city’s handover from Britain in 1997.

The protests were ignited by a now scrapped plan to allow extraditions to the authoritarian mainland, seen by opponents as the latest move by China to chip away at the international finance hub’s unique freedoms.

But after Beijing and city leaders took a hard line, the movement snowballed into a broader campaign calling for greater democracy, police accountability, and an amnesty for those arrested.

Yesterday’s protest was
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