"Umbrella Revolution" Hong Kong Flight for Democracy
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Today Bangla Talkshow (Rtv) Our Democracy 3 October 2014
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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Rally in DC
More than 100 young people gathered in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to show solidarity with pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong. he peaceful crowd mostly students and young professionals...
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Clashes broke out on Friday at the site of one of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests as local residents and pro-Beijing supporters tried to evict activists from the street they were occupying. (AP)
HONG KONG Opponents of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong opened their own counteroffensive Friday, pulling down barricades and scuffling with demonstrators seeking to keep alive their occupation of key sites around the enclave.
The backlash whether sanctioned by pro-Beijing factions or a spontaneous groundswell against the disruptions represents a critical juncture for the crowds that have challenged authorities for more than a week with demands for a greater voice over affairs in the former British colony.
The numbers of protesters on the streets have dropped off under a combination of factors, including torrential downpours and a pledge by Hong Kongs chief executive to open government dialogue with the demonstrators.
The mob-style attacks on various protest strongholds also could set the stage for wider crackdowns by officials, who have warned they would not tolerate open-ended demonstrations that have paralyzed highways and surrounded government buildings.
Protests flared late last week in opposition to plans for Chinese officials to vet candidates for elections in Hong Kong, which was handed over to Beijing in 1997. The showdowns soon evolved into a ideological confrontation over whether Western-looking Hong Kong should retain some degree of autonomy from the central government a concession Beijing appears unwilling to make.
Friday was the first day many Hong Kong residents returned to work after a two-day holiday although the central government closed its offices, telling workers to work from home.
Opponents of the protesters struck back in several areas. The most dramatic incidents took place in Mong Kok, on the other side of the harbor from the central business district. Groups converged on the protest site and started taking down tents and removing barricades. There were reports on social media of roaming mobs scuffling with pro-democracy demonstrators.
By late afternoon, the student demonstrators were hemmed in on all sides by counter-protesters, who were kept back only by a thin cordon of police, who attempted to separate the protesters from their opponents by holding hands and forming a human chain. Two buses which had been parked by the protest site since the occupation began earlier in the week, adorned with pro-democracy banners, were driven away to the applause of the anti-occupy crowds.
Questions abound over the nature of the counter-protests, which pro-democracy activists claim are rent-a-mobs mobilized by pro-Beijing factions in the city, according to local media.
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Hong Kong protesters scuffle with opponents of pro-democracy campaign
Screaming until they were red in the face, arguing until they burst into tears, supporters and opponents of Hong Kong's democracy protests faced off Friday afternoon in the dense commercial district of Mong Kok.
"Get out!" yelled dozens of men, pumping their fists and urging police to clear the intersection of Nathan and Argyle roads, a busy interchange with banks on each corner and shuttered jewelry shops and restaurants nearby.
Police struggled to keep the situation from erupting into a riot as periodic punches were thrown, water bottles were lobbed and curses hurled. As the afternoon wore on, the crowd swelled to perhaps 10,000.
"This is kind of the last stand," said Adrian O'Sullivan, who moved to Hong Kong from Manchester, Britain, three years ago and has been joining in the democracy demonstrations all week. "This was the first spot on this side [of Victoria Harbor] where spontaneous protests broke out after people couldn't get to Hong Kong Island to join the demonstrations there. We have to hold this."
Mark Ledford, a tourist from Orange County, spent the afternoon taking in the scene at the intersection. "I don't have politics when I'm on vacation, I like to say," said Ledford, who runs a kids gym business in Rancho Santa Margarita and experienced tear gas earlier in the week when police clashed with protesters. "But I support what the students are doing out here."
As a business owner, Ledford said he understood some proprietors may be upset about how the ongoing demonstrations have curtailed business, but ultimately, he said, the foundations of enterprise depend on the kind of government protesters are seeking.
At 5:30 p.m., a red canopy tent at theNathan and Argyle intersection was torn down and police, linked arm in arm, opened up a lane of traffic. Several buses, which had been halted in the intersection for days and covered with pro-democracy fliers, were driven out of the area.
A small group of democracy demonstrators seemed to be encircled in the main intersection by opponents and police.
In a bizarre turn of events, police were essentially protecting the democracy protesters in the intersection who were besieged on all four sides by opponents.
Around 6 p.m., organizers started suggesting to supporters that they abandon the Mong Kok encampment, but a die-hard group refused to leave.
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