{"id":42508,"date":"2014-09-27T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=42508 "},"modified":"2014-09-27T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T16:44:00","slug":"42508-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=42508","title":{"rendered":"Thousands at Hong Kong protest as Occupy Central is launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
27 September 2014 Last updated at 16:22 ET<\/div>
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Protesters gather during a demonstration outside headquarters of the Legislative Counsel on 28 September 2014 in Hong Kong.<\/div>
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Protesters are angry at what they see as China’s refusal to give Hong Kong full democracy<\/div>
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The leader of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central pro-democracy movement has announced the launch of a mass disobedience campaign.<\/div>
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Benny Tai addressed thousands who had gathered outside government headquarters in central Hong Kong.<\/div>
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It comes a day after the arrests of more than 60 protesters who had entered a restricted area on the same site.<\/div>
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Students and activists oppose Beijing’s decision to rule out fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2017.<\/div>
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Mr Tai, a co-founder of the Occupy Central movement, announced the launch of a campaign to blockade the heart of Hong Kong’s financial centre, in a surprise announcement on Saturday.<\/div>
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The launch was originally due to be announced at the start of next month.<\/div>
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Saturday’s demonstrations were joined not just by students, but by many others, BBC Hong Kong correspondent Juliana Liu reports.<\/div>
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The numbers swelled from the hundreds to the thousands, with police closing roads surrounding the area and urging demonstrators, especially minors, to go home, she adds.<\/div>
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Many of the protesters came dressed in ponchos and eye protection in case police use pepper spray to disperse the crowds, as they did on Friday night.<\/div>
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Protesters came better prepared on Saturday against the effects of possible pepper use by police<\/div>
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The protests drew a crowd of both young and old<\/div>
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Nearly 30 people were hurt in Friday’s scuffles at the popular protest spot at government headquarters, to which access has been restricted since July.<\/div>
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Occupy Central says pepper spray was used without warning, and has condemned the use of “unnecessary force” against “peaceful protesters”.<\/div>
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Police said they made 61 arrests on Friday, including prominent student activist leader, Joshua Wong.<\/div>
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