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Occupy Central
Occupy Central, also known as “Umbrella Movement ”, was a protest that saw thousands of people blocking major roads in Hong Kong to call for democratic elections. The protesters demanded that the Hong Kong and Beijing governments implement democratic elections for the 2017 chief executive election, and the 2020 Legislative Council election. Opposition members said that the political reform proposals at the time did not meet international standards of universal suffrage. Protests began by taking up roads outside the Central Government Offices in Tamar on September 28, 2014. After police responded with tear gas to disperse crowds, protests grew and more people began occupying other roads in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay as well. Occupy Central lasted 79 days and ended in December that year.
moreOccupy Hong Kong activist Benny Tai fired from role at HKU
Five Hong Kong policemen jailed for beating pro-democracy protester Ken Tsang during 2014 Occupy movement lose final appeal bid
Two Hong Kong police officers jailed over Occupy activist Ken Tsang assault case freed, five others have sentences reduced
Occupy Central poster boy Joshua Wong returns to Hong Kong jail despite winning appeal for lighter sentence
UPDATED: Retired pastor Chu Yiu-ming gets suspended sentence at Occupy sentencing; Tanya Chan's lawyer reveals lawmaker's life-threatening condition
HK's Occupy leaders granted bail and will learn of sentences in two weeks
First Occupy leaders deliver mitigation submissions after being found guilty
Occupy Central organisers found guilty of leading Hong Kong's largest ever civil disobedience movement
Occupy Central trial: Student leaders did not want founders to be part of their protest, Hong Kong court told
Hong Kong’s Occupy leaders on trial: who they are and what they’re accused of
Public nuisance trial of 9 key Occupy figures including co-founders Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming begins in HK today
Retired Hong Kong Police officer who struck a bystander during Occupy protests loses appeal and returns to prison
Mainland Chinese woman who snapped photos during Hong Kong trial found guilty of contempt of court
Occupy Central activists Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law win appeal against prison time
Hong Kong Occupy activist Joshua Wong jailed three months for contempt of court
Prosecutors want harsher sentences for Occupy activists who led the 2014 protests
UPDATED: Joshua Wong of Demosisto says timing of Occupy leaders' arrests, after Carrie Lam's win, is "inappropriate"
Two years’ jail for seven policemen who beat Occupy activist Ken Tsang
Occupy officers found guilty of assault on activist Ken Tsang Kin-chiu