3 human rights observers from human rights group Civil Rights Observer were among the arrested in Causeway Bay earlier last night, @HK_CRO said. It has strongly condemned the arrest as "unreasonable" and amounted to violation of Johannesburg Principles
2 week agoA Flight from Wuhan, China, where an atypical pneumonia outbreak just happened, is receiving infection containment measures upon arrival at Taiwan(). The woman filming this video said: "We are not allowed to leave this plane, this person was infected"
2 week agoA group of people walked out from where nearly 100 were subdued on Hennessy Road
2 week agoPolice say they arrested over 400 people in Causeway Bay today, including around 70 here on Hennessy Road, lined up against the wall in rows awaiting processing. Few look like hardened frontliners. This rooftop is the closest media can get to record the scene
2 week ago1 million people take part in new year march in Hong Kong today, according to organiser
2 week agoA young man suddenly arrested in Causeway Bay for no apparent reason
2 week agoAt around 8:15pm, police suddenly disembarked from several vehicles and charged towards a crowd in Causeway Bay, detaining nearly a hundred people outside Hennessy Road's Citibank. Photo: May James / HKFP.
2 week agoThe water canon vehicle is running a course through Causeway Bay, unleashing bursts of pepper spray-infused water where crowds stood (before the canon advanced) on Hennessy and Jardine. As usual, journalists and medics appear to be the only ones hit
2 week agoWater cannon deployed outside of Causeway Bay Sogo dispersing the crowd and #HongKongProtesters left from 2020 #HongKongProtests, Hong Kong Police raptors chasing after citizens
2 week agoA cling film barrier is set up along Hennessy Road outside Hysan Place. One of such barriers successfully held back an armoured vehicle in Mong Kok last night
2 week agoPolice moving a Des Voeux barricade out of the way for the western water cannon to get through. Protestors falling back from the Pedder St junction
2 week agoTear gas is fired near Canal Road flyover, Video: SCMP/Elizabeth Cheung
2 week ago19:08: HSBC has been set on fire in Central
Water cannon in Central on Des Veoux Rd
2 week agoTear gas just fired on Morrison Hill Road after two Molotov cocktails were thrown in front of advancing riot police
2 week agoProtesters barricading a closed exit of Central MTR station after discovering that many police officers are on standby right inside the station.
2 week agoWater cannon no1 pushing through towards Gooseneck Bridge
2 week agoProtesters in Causeway Bay send supplies to the front lines, as people carry material for barricades through, Video: SCMP/Simone McCarthy
2 week agoDespite police's decision to cancel the rally, many marchers march on. Human chains are formed to pass face masks and umbrellas. Fully black-clad protesters are scurrying towards Wan Chai, where rounds of tear gas were fired earlier
2 week agoProtesters setting up some road block at Luard Road, hoping to slow police advancements. A mahjong table is also used
2 week agoTension in CWB as police just decided to end the rally. Furious crowd and riot police are pointing fingers at each other
2 week agoIntense violence has suddenly broken at an HSBC branch in Wan Chai. A witness has told me that he saw a few protesters were dragged and beaten by several undercover officers at this bank. Police have also outlawed the whole march.
Hong Kong Police asks Civil Human Rights Front to end march
2 week agoRiot police fired tear gas at an intersection of Luard Road and Hennessy Road after 5pm to disperse crowds of protesters who got rowdy over heavy policing in the area. Large crowds of police had arrived in the area after some protesters vandalised an HSBC branch
2 week agoPlainclothes police suddenly attacked the march about 20min ago, apparently due to vandalism of the HSBC in the background here. They subdued 1 person & pulled him into the branch. Then riot police & raptors stormed the very large crowd, shooting pepper spray & bean bag rounds
2 week agoRiot police out on Hennessy Road in Wan Chai after some black clad people tried to vandalise an HSBC branch. A red flag was brandished. Earlier @chrf_hk said on its FB that two masked men entered police cordon line after breaking the bank's glasses
2 week agoMTR Central/HongKong Station was packed with protestors aiming to Victoria Park for march. When we were good to go we heard "Liberate Hongkong Revolution of our time" and "5 demands not 1 less"
2 week agoHead of the procession has reached the end of route in Central, where groups of riot police are standing by. Photo: Stand News
2 week agoTens of thousands reiterated their protest demands on January 1, during the first HongKong police-approved demonstration of the year. Protesters chanted "Five demands, not one less," & "Resist tyranny, join a union." Photo: @SiuSinGallery / HKFP
2 week agoProtesters sing Glory to Hong Kong in Victoria Park. Video: SCMP/Simone McCarthy
2 week agoTwo masked men vandalised a branch of state-owned China Life Insurance in Wanchai. Witnesses told Apple Daily that when riot police arrived, the men shouted "we're one of you", and police did not intervene. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
2 week agoThe front of the march has reached the Chater Road endpoint as of 4pm, but hundreds of thousands still wait to begin in Causeway Bay and Victoria Park. Photo: May James / HKFP.
2 week agoMarchers are still stuck in Causeway Bay due to the size of the crowd as of 3:15pm.
2 week agoVictoria Park's grass lawn and Causeway Bay's Hennessy Road are beginning to fill with protesters. Photo: iCable / NowTV screenshot.
US calls on China to immediately release jailed Pastor Wang Yi
2 week agoSeveral rounds of teargas fired along Soy Street in Mong Kok and Waterloo Road in Yau Ma Tei in the wee hours of the first day in 2020. Photo: Apple Daily
2 week agoAt least five rounds of tear gas fired in Waterloo Road in YMT, after police accused crowd of participating in an unauthorised assembly in the area
2 week agoFirst serious police-inflicted injury of the New Year. Hit by a teargas canister in first police fusillade just after midnight in Mong Kok
2 week agoIt's like a de facto march when protesters left from countdown in Tsim Sha Tsui. They vented anger against police while passing by TST police station
2 week agoFirst arrest of 2020 at 00.22 in Mong Kok.
2 week agoBlue flag raised on Nathan Road at crowd around Soy Street
[email protected]: I will be signing our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China on January 15. The ceremony will take place at the White House. High level representatives of China will be present. At a later date I will be going to Beijing where talks will begin on Phase Two
2 week agoThe view of chain back from Jordan to Tsim Sha Tsui
China Foreign Ministry: We are keeping close eyes on Kim Jong Un's January 1st statement
CityU Hong Kong searched staff storage areas after suspected petrol bombs found on campus
Hong Kong police search for six people believed to have set fire outside Lai Chi Kok government offices after petrol bombs found at the scene
China investigates outbreak of atypical pneumonia that is suspected linked to SARS.
2 week ago#hkpolice forced a pregnant lady to kneel on the ground 30 Dec 2019 Tin Shui Wai, HongKong
