Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong call for weekend rallies, as police withdraw from a university campus, which had seen some of the worst clashes with security forces during nearly six months of unrest
HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong stirred support for more rallies over the weekend, as police withdrew on Friday from a university campus which had seen some of the worst clashes with security forces during nearly six months of unrest.
Activists in the Chinese-ruled city used social media to announce a series of protests aimed at keeping momentum behind their movement, which has won backing from U.S. President Donald Trump. Demonstrators are angry at what they see as Chinese meddling in the freedoms promised when Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997. China denies interfering and says it is committed to the “one country, two systems” formula put in place at that time and has blamed foreign forces for fomenting unrest.
Posters advertising Friday’s event had slogans including “We could all be Simon” referring to Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen who worked for the British government for almost two years. A rally planned for Dec.8 by Civil Human Rights Front, the group that organized million-strong marches in June, is expected to provide the best gauge of how support for the pro-democracy movement is holding up.
A police officer gathers forensic evidence at the campus of the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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