Hong Kong’s international airport suspended all check-ins for the second day in a row Tuesday as thousands of protesters blocked passengers and occupied terminals in a mass demonstration.
More than 300 flights had already been canceled Tuesday following Monday’s airport shutdown due to a similar protest.
Angry scuffles broke out in the late afternoon as hundreds of protesters surrounded two security gates in one of the terminals, sitting down so that no travelers could access the security check and their boarding gates. “I’m getting quite scared, to be honest,” she said. “You cannot just block the whole airport. This is the fifth day they’re doing this, all the poor tourists have to stay here, and the airlines are not helping at all.”The protests Monday and Tuesday came after the most violent clashes between police and protesters so far over the weekend.
The spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, meanwhile voiced concern Tuesday about the recent escalation of violence in Hong Kong. In contrast to Monday, when thousands of protesters panicked and fled the airport, thinking police were on their way, Tuesday’s crowds mostly stayed put.
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