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BEIJING, China Pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong have entered their third month, with protesters in parkas and toques now camped under Christmas lights.
But while some vow to step up confrontations with police, protest leaders are planning a strategic retreat. They see this as the best option for the movements future.
On Wednesday the three founders of the Occupy Central movement surrendered to police along with dozens of supporters. Reverend Chu Yiu-ming and academics Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man declared their involvement in street protests that started Sept. 28, which flouted public order laws. Police released them without charge.
The day before their surrender, the older men made a tearful appeal to students, urging them to retreat for the sake of their safety. Occupy Central had first announced plans to paralyze the business district of the semi-autonomous city to push for full democracy two years ago, but the more moderate group has since been overshadowed by charismatic student leaders and crowds mostly comprised of student protesters.
If the protests had gone according to the original plans of Occupy Central, which called for a three-day campout and minimal disruption to residential neighborhoods, the movement would have likely quickly fizzled out.
Now, however, after tens of thousands rallied during the height of protests in the summer, the occupations lack the public support needed to continue. An overwhelming majority of the Hong Kong public wants the protests to end.
If student leaders do not change their strategy and distance themselves from a radical minority of protesters who insist on violent escalation, they risk widespread condemnation.
Clashes last week saw both sides losing control, with police and demonstrators caught on camera screaming and hitting each other in rage. The protesters struggle to hold onto one of three protest sites in the city resulted in arrests of over two hundred people and culminated in a chaotic brawl near government headquarters on Monday that sent a protester and a suspected undercover police officer to the hospital.
Hong Kongs leader is currently picked by a committee of 1,200 people. The demonstrators are seeking the public nomination and election of the territorys next chief executive in 2017, but Beijing in August said it retained the right to screen candidates through a loyalist committee. The Chinese government has all along stayed firm in its position that the occupation protests are illegal.
Hong Kongs High Court ruled last month that protesters have created a public nuisance, and police and bailiffs can remove barricades from sections of main protest sites. Those who obstruct the court order could be arrested and held for 48 hours.
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DEMOCRACY and innovation are two of Lucy Hughes Turnbulls many passions.
DEMOCRACY and innovation are two of Lucy Hughes Turnbulls many passions.
Lucy Turnbull, former lord mayor of Sydney and current patron of M.A.D.E PICTURE: LACHLAN BENCE
So it was an obvious choice for the former Sydney lord mayor to become the first female patron of the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E).
Ms Hughes Turnbull, who is the wife of federal Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, was in Ballarat on Friday to view the museum firsthand.
I was honoured and delighted to be asked to be a patron, Ms Hughes Turnbull said.
Anybody interested in Australian history would know that Eureka was a singular moment in our pathway to becoming a representative democracy.
Ordinary people were standing up (against) for what was unjust.
It was a terrible, despotic system of government and it was wonderful people stood up against that.
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Manchester-based agency Democracy has landed a major new digital client in office supplies company Office Kitten.
officekitten.co.uk is an offshoot from the UKs online printer cartridge firm cartridgesave.co.uk which launched in late November 2014.
The website aims to have the same impact in the competitive marketplace of office stationery and supplies.
Democracy will now roll out a digital launch campaign for Office Kitten, implementing a media campaign that will impact on Google to drive sales.
Founder Jennifer OGrady said: "This is the best kind of new client - one where we already know each other!
"Our understanding of the business goals of cartridgesave.co.uk has been built up over time and will inform our strategy for Office Kitten.
Managing Director of the client Ian Cowley said: "Democracy understand how to use digital to deliver on our commercial objectives - which is why we see enormous value in their role within our business.
"Expanding their brief to cover the launch of Office Kitten was a natural progression - we already know they deliver measurable results.
This adds to Democracys online client list which includes webuyanycar.com, CORGI HomePlan and Handepay.