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Mong Kok, one of Hong Kong's busiest districts, went into virtual lockdown in February 2016 hours after the Lunar New Year began. Unrest escalated as crowds gathered in the district to protest a crackdown on illegal street food hawkers. A night of violence saw police fire two warning shots as protesters launched bricks and set fires.

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Following Sunday’s huge turnout against the proposed extradition law, the city’s leader would be wise to engage further in rational debate rather than rushing it through.

Two activists who advocate Hong Kong independence have been granted refugee protection by Germany after skipping bail on charges related to Mong Kok clashes

Leaders of civil disobedience movement are scholars guilty of pride, arrogance and naivety, who led idealistic youngsters to the barricades and shut the door on any form of democracy

The post-90s, or Gen Y, hit back at ‘rubbish middle-aged’ accusing them of selling out Hong Kong and not fighting, negotiating and making demands from the government

  • According to police investigation, some of the money was used for purposes other than those claimed by its organiser
  • Post learns Spark Alliance HK, a group formed after the 2016 Mong Kok riot, is the organiser of fundraising platform
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Management warns showing the profile of Edward Leung, who was jailed over the Mong Kok riot, may be a breach of the law and points to limits on public gatherings. Union remains defiant and says screening will go ahead as planned.

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Tam Pak-hei, 22, pleads guilty to hurling bricks and objects at officers in Mong Kok in 2016, while Wong Kwok-pan, 24, admits to illegally removing a signpost from a pavement and damaging the walkway.

A police source says anyone uttering such slogans could be arrested. Justice minister Teresa Cheng does not give a straight answer when asked whether chanting ‘Hong Kong independence’ is prohibited.

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Appeals board unanimously backs decision to stop event after police express fear that anti-government radicals would try to hijack Sunday’s gathering.

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While the judge was sympathetic towards Amy Pat Wai-fun, who had an intellectual disability, he said it could not be used as an excuse to ‘evade criminal liabilities’.

At least 161 of the 1,140 arrested during the ongoing social unrest have been charged and 149 released on bail. Some 122 are subject to a curfew. But who gets what and why?

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Internet users pore over why Sunday’s mass protest did not last late into the night, unlike on previous occasions on the other side of Victoria Harbour.

Hong Kong protesters have been getting increasingly confrontational since 2010. The police used textbook tactics to disperse the crowd on June 12 and thereafter

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Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo says officers adopted restrained and tolerant attitude that allowed protesters to express their opinions but critics say force failed to learn from previous disturbances and had no courage to use weapons or take swift action.

The rule of law being a treasured cornerstone of Hong Kong society, Germany has no grounds to suggest the pair would not receive a fair trial over their involvement in a 2016 riot.

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Ray Wong and Alan Li, who skipped bail in 2017 while awaiting trial on charges related to the Mong Kok riot, were appearing at a seminar organised by the German Green Party commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

The consulate reiterates Berlin’s policy towards Hong Kong has not changed and stresses the German Federal Foreign Office is not part of decision-making process.

Hongkongers simply can’t be sure that the amended law would not herald a crackdown on dissent, and further curtail political and civil rights, putting local activists in danger.

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