Monday, September 29, 2014

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters jam city

Posted by Rajesh KC September 29, 2014 :


Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters blocked Hong Kong streets in the early hours on Tuesday. They spent a peaceful night singing as they blocked streets in Hong Kong in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience to push demands for genuine democratic reforms.Students and activists have been camped out since late Friday, demanding that Beijing grant genuine democratic reforms to the former British colony.The government urged the demonstrators to disperse to allow emergency vehicles, public transport and other traffic to pass. Its statement followed calls from some protest organizers for people to return home."It's already the fourth day, so it's really tiring," said Ching-ching Tse, a 24-year-old student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who was on her second day of collecting trash in the protest area with her friends. "So we are forming some groups and hope we can do some shifts and take turns."

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