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Hong Kong Police Officers Are Charged in Beating of Protester

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16HongKong-web-master675By ALAN WONG OCT. 15, 2015

Ken Tsang talked to reporters in the spot where he said he was beaten by police officers during pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong last year. Credit Philippe Lopez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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HONG KONG — Seven police officers in Hong Kong were charged with assault on Thursday in the beating of a protester during pro-democracy demonstrations last year.

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Joshua Wong Seeks Lower Age Limit for Hong Kong Candidates

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By OCTOBER 12, 2015 7:01 AM October 12, 2015 7:01 am

12sino-wong02-tmagArticleJoshua Wong, the student activist who spearheaded pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong last year.Credit Philippe Lopez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Joshua Wong was 17 — not even old enough to vote — Continue reading →

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A Year On, Mixed Views on What Hong Kong Protests Achieved

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October 07, 2015 8:23 AM

HONG KONG —A year ago, Hong Kong’s famously busy streets were shut down by pro-democracy protesters in the so-called “Umbrella Movement”, a moniker that came Continue reading →

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One Year On, Hong Kong Remembers The Umbrella Movement

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2015-09-28
image (24)Hong Kong protesters commemorate the anniversary of the Occupy Central movement, Sept. 28, 2015.
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One year after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters used umbrellas to stave off pepper spray and tear gas in clashes with riot police, some 1,000 people rallied outside Continue reading →

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One Year After Occupy Central, Hong Kong Officials Have Yet to Investigate Beating

Posted on 09/26/2015 by | One Year After Occupy Central, Hong Kong Officials Have Yet to Investigate Beating已关闭评论

2015-09-24

image (9)Ken Tsang poses for a photo with an unidentified woman in Hong Kong, Jan. 25, 2015.
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One year after a week-long student strike kicked off the 79-day Occupy Central pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, activists have slammed a lack of progress over allegations of police brutality, including the beating of a prominent democracy activist filmed by journalists as it happened.

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Alex Chow and YANG Jianli: Hong Kong: One Year after 8.19

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By Alex Chow and YANG Jianli, published: August 31, 2015

Today marks the first anniversary of the August 31 decision of China’s National People’s Congress prohibiting popular selection of candidates for Hong Kong’s chief executive by the people in Hong Kong. This so-called “Beijing 8.19 Hong Kong political reform” package, violated China’s prior written agreements promising full Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Charges Occupy Central Leaders With Public Order Offenses

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2015-08-27

Occupy Central leader Joshua Wong speaks to the media after a vote at the city’s legislature in Hong Kong, June 18, 2015.
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The face of last year’s pro-democracy Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong, Joshua Wong, hit out on Thursday after being charged by police for his role in the mass protests for universal suffrage in the former British colony.

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Hong Kong Student Activists Charged Over 2014 Protests

Posted on 08/20/2015 by | Hong Kong Student Activists Charged Over 2014 Protests已关闭评论

5722EB9A-0458-4BEB-AD99-8248CF5FE231_w640_r1_sStudent leaders Joshua Wong (L-R), Lester Shum and Alex Chow attend a rally at the Occupy Central protest site outside the Legislative Council at Admiralty in Hong Kong, Dec. 10, 2014.

August 19, 2015 11:49 AM

Two student activists in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement have been charged with their involvement in last year’s Occupy protest against Chinese rule.

Alex Chow, 25, former leader of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, and Joshua Wong, 18, head of the student activist group, Scholarism, Continue reading →

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