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Hong Kong police detain hundreds after mass protests
Hong Kong police have arrested more than 500 protesters for illegally "occupying" a street in the city's central business district, hours after hundreds of thousands of residents gathered for the city's biggest pro-democracy demonstration in recent history.
While the arrested protesters represented a wide cross-section of Hong Kong society, most of those arrested were students who had pledged to flood the street until 8am on Wednesday, despite vows by police to take "decisive action" if the "unlawful assembly" were to proceed.
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"The reason we are here is for universal suffrage and the future of our democracy," one protester shouted, according to local media.
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The 1 July protest is held each year in Hong Kong to mark the anniversary of the former British colony's return to mainland control in 1997. The protest's organiser, the Civil Human Rights Front, said 510,000 people marched at its peak, while police estimated a headcount of 98,600. The protest was spirited but peaceful, and no incidents of violence or vandalism were reported.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/02/hong-kong-police-detain-hundreds-protest
While the arrested protesters represented a wide cross-section of Hong Kong society, most of those arrested were students who had pledged to flood the street until 8am on Wednesday, despite vows by police to take "decisive action" if the "unlawful assembly" were to proceed.
...
"The reason we are here is for universal suffrage and the future of our democracy," one protester shouted, according to local media.
...
The 1 July protest is held each year in Hong Kong to mark the anniversary of the former British colony's return to mainland control in 1997. The protest's organiser, the Civil Human Rights Front, said 510,000 people marched at its peak, while police estimated a headcount of 98,600. The protest was spirited but peaceful, and no incidents of violence or vandalism were reported.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/02/hong-kong-police-detain-hundreds-protest