1 year ago[World Sanctions Rally] Someone was blocking the road in Mong Kok at night, and the riot police cleared the roadblock at the junction of Sai Yee Street and Shandong Street late at night. (11:20 PM)
1 year agoPolice suddenly push forward after about an hour of stand-off in Mong Kok. They even attempt to snatch a couple of journalists as they think they have got too close to them and posed safety threats to them.
1 year agoAnti-government demonstrators called to have flash mob protests in Mong Kok. Here's the scene how reporters are treated when @hkpoliceforce advance:
1 year agoThe Privacy Commissioner has said it would follow up on the incident on Sunday where a police officer deliberately displayed a Stand News reporter's ID in front of a live stream camera.
1 year agoSimon Cheng, former staff of British consulate in HK who was briefly detained in mainland China, appeared in the rally. He has previously cut off ties with his family in HK, citing the harassment they've endured online. He decries systematic state suppression of human rights
1 year agoAfter the World Sanction Rally at Chater Garden in Mong Kok ended this afternoon, riot police officers were dispatched in many districts. At the junction of Nathan Road and Dundas Street, police officers showed blue flags. (9:50 PM)
1 year agoRiot police chased protesters setting up rudimentary roadblocks in Mong Kok amid the traffic on Sunday evening. Photo: Kaiser / USP 社媒.
1 year agoProtesters set roadblocks with rubbish bins in Mong Kok on Sunday night, quickly cleared by riot police, while one man was apparently beaten after a dispute. Photo: Stand News / HKGolden screenshot.
1 year agoStop-and-searches continued at a park on Dundas Street, Mong Kok on Sunday evening, in the aftermath of the aborted Sunday Chater Garden rally. Photo: Tam Mong Keung / USP 社媒.
1 year agoHundreds gather outside Chinese embassy in London to protest against China's treatment of Hongkongers and Uygurs
1 year agoSocial media suggest riot police are stop-and-searching young people across HongKong on Sunday evening in the aftermath of the rally that was cut short, including in Causeway Bay and Mong Kok. Photo: Telegram.
The organiser of Sunday's rally at Chater Garden, Ventus Lau, has been whisked away by police right after he spoke to reporters in Wan Chai
A spokesman for the Civil Rally Team Liu Minkuang was taken away by police after meeting with the media in Wan Chai
1 year agoSeveral plainclothes officers were beaten as they negotiated with organizers shortly after 4pm. Multiple volleys of tear gas, pepper spray fired
1 year agoPolice fired tear gas and brought an approved anti-communist rally to a premature halt in Central on Sunday, as thousands remained gathered around Chater Garden. Crowds ordered to leave by Central & Admiralty MTR, though some station exits were closed
1 year agoPolice secured the footbridge connecting IFC and asked everyone to leave
1 year ago"Foreign governments, legislatures or organisations have absolutely no role in matters relating to the constitutional development of Hong Kong," a HongKong gov't spokesperson said in response to Sunday's rally
1 year agoPolice clearing out the bridge over Connaught Road of hawkers and pedestrians alike. Legislator Ted Hui on the scene.
1 year agoPolice has accused district councillor Ng Siu-hong of behaviour in disorderly manner. Ng instead said police did not explain the reasonable grounds to trigger the search
1 year agoA group subdued on Pedder Street
1 year ago"I want to take the bus." Protesters waited for a bus that takes forever to come, but police instead asked them to leave by MTR. Crowds refused
1 year agoPolice on their way to Causeway Bay, but showed down by pedestrian
1 year agoPanic in Central MTR.
1 year agoProtesters tell each other to stay in the pavement as they move east. Some smash traffic lights near Chater Garden.
1 year agoPolice have just chased down & arrested a 2nd person on Des Voeux Rd, near where the first was arrested. It's as if they're trying to provoke the crowd
1 year agoSignificant police presence around Chater Gardens. On bridges
1 year agoPolice have just detained one person on corner of Des Voeux Rd & Ice House St. unclear why. surrounded by angry crowd, police are becoming more aggressive, with reinforcements arriving
1 year agoThe #HongKongProtests are on at Chater Garden in Central. Thousands on the ground and perched on top of the surrounding shelters. Hong Kong Police issued a letter of Objection to the march, but OK'ed the rally.
1 year ago15:55: outside Chater Garden and Ice House st are the people who #StandwithHK
Off-duty Hong Kong police officer arrested for supporting protests in Tuen Mun