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Meeting Highlight 3 Democracy Protests Unravel
Upon dwindling attendance and general boredom, the exec board decided to end the silly protests. Jigar was assigned to handle the problem. Using his wit and stuff, the protestors reconsidered...

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A stand-off is continuing between police and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong following earlier clashes between the two sides.

The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the free-wheeling capitalist city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week.

There has been no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.

Beijing has signalled through Hong Kong's leaders that it is not willing to reverse a decision in August that effectively denies the financial hub the full democracy the protesters are demanding.

Hong Kong's 28,000 strong police have been struggling to contain a youth-led movement that has shown little sign of waning after three weeks of standoffs.

Demonstrators in the Mong Kok district launched a fresh assault early today, putting on helmets and goggles before surging forward to grab a line of metal barricades hemming them into a section of road.

Hundreds of police officers hit out at a wall of umbrellas that protesters raised to fend off police pepper spray.

Protesters screamed and hurled insults and violent scuffles erupted before police surged forward with riot shields, forcing the protesters back.

"Black Police! Black Police!" protesters shouted.

Several protesters were taken away. Fire trucks with water cannons were stationed along the street but were not used.

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Hong Kong democracy street battles rage on

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy activists on Sunday accused police of using excessive force against protesters after violent clashes in Hong Kong, as a senior politician said weeks of rallies have reached a "critical moment".

Dozens of police with shields and helmets pushed into a crowd of demonstrators gathered at barricades in the Mongkok district early Sunday, striking at them repeatedly with batons.

Riot police advance on a pro-democracy protest encampment in the Mongkok district of Hong Kong. (AP/Vincent Yu)

Twenty people were injured in a fourth night of violence after three weeks of largely peaceful pro-democracy rallies and road blockades in three busy districts. Some demonstrators were carried away on stretchers and others treated for head wounds, fractures and bruising.

Police are trying to clear a main thoroughfare, Nathan Road, occupied by demonstrators. They said in a statement on Sunday they had used "minimum force" as protesters "suddenly attempted to charge" their cordon lines. However protesters told AFP they had done nothing to provoke officers.

"We believe police have violated the principle of using minimum force to deal with peaceful demonstration," James Hon, of protest group the League in Defence of Hong Kong's Freedom, told AFP. He said batons used in this way could cause serious injuries or even deaths.

Hon's group was formed by professionals concerned about the erosion of civil liberties in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Protest leaders, religious figures and lawmakers were also due to speak at the Mongkok rally site later Sunday in response to police actions.

PLEA FOR RETREAT

Protesters are calling for fully free elections after Beijing insisted that candidates in a 2017 vote for the city's leader must be vetted by a committee expected to be loyal to China. But Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying has warned that Chinese authorities have no intention of backing down.

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Anti chinese government Next Media Chairman Jimmy Lai supports Hong Kong democracy

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