The spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, said it is concerned about increasing violence by young people “who are clearly very angry, with deep-seated grievances.”…
Police in Hong Kong have tightened their siege on the campus of the Polytechnic University, where hundreds of protesters are trapped inside. It’s the latest bout of violence in nearly six months of demonstrations -- one China is warning it…
Nov 18

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press
Hong Kong’s work week started with multiple protests that disrupted traffic, and schools remained closed because of safety concerns.
Nov 17

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press
A Hong Kong police officer was hit in the leg by an arrow and protesters set an overhead footbridge on fire Sunday as they fought to keep police using tear gas and water cannons from advancing on their university campus…
Nov 15

By Divya Gopalan
Unrest in Hong Kong is becoming increasingly violent. This week, a policeman shot a protester, a Beijing supporter was set on fire and an elderly man died after being hit by a brick. University campuses have become sites of clashes…
Nov 15

By Associated Press
Now in their sixth month, the anti-government protests have grown increasingly violent even as they have shrunk in size, often causing chaos in the streets of the city of 7.5 million people.
Nov 14

By Patrick Quinn, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press
Hong Kong police warned protesters on Thursday that they were moving “one step closer to terrorism” by sinking the city into chaos.
Nov 11

By Alice Fung, Associated Press
The pledge from Carrie Lam follows a day of violence in which one person was shot and another set on fire.
Nov 08

By Eileen Ng, Associated Press
A university student who fell off a parking garage after police fired tear gas during clashes with anti-government protesters died Friday in a rare fatality after five months of unrest.
Nov 03

By PBS NewsHour
While mass demonstrations against the government have rocked Hong Kong for months, protests in Iraq and Lebanon have unseated respective governments. People in Barcelona, Haiti and Chile have also taken to the streets with their demands. Vali Nasr, a former…
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