Occupy Central
Occupy Central is a civil disobedience movement which began in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. It calls on thousands of protesters to block roads and paralyse Hong Kong's financial district if the Beijing and Hong Kong governments do not agree to implement universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2017 and the Legislative Council elections in 2020 according to "international standards." The movement was initiated by Benny Tai Yiu-ting (戴耀廷), an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, in January 2013.
Umbrella Movement
The Umbrella Movement (Chinese: 雨傘運動; pinyin: yǔsǎn yùndòng) is a loose political movement that was created spontaneously during the Hong Kong protests of 2014. Its name derives from the recognition of the umbrella as a symbol of defiance and resistance against the Hong Kong government, and the united grass-roots objection to the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) of 31 August.
The movement consists of individuals numbering in the tens of thousands who participated in the protests that began on 28 September 2014, although Scholarism, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, groups are principally driving the demands for the rescission of the NPCSC decision.
The movement consists of individuals numbering in the tens of thousands who participated in the protests that began on 28 September 2014, although Scholarism, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, Occupy Central with Love and Peace, groups are principally driving the demands for the rescission of the NPCSC decision.
Occupy Central site in an area surrounding the Legislative Council and Central Government Offices at Tamar were cleared 22-06-2015.
Hong Kong reform vote
The Hong Kong government’s political reform proposal for how the city elects its leader by universal suffrage for the first time in 2017 is based on a strict framework set by Beijing. The plan limits the number of candidates to two or three and requires them to win majority support from a 1,200 strong nominating committee. Arguing that this does not constitute genuine universal suffrage, pan-democratic lawmakers have vowed to reject the package, while pro-democracy groups have protested. The government’s resolution was to be put to a vote by the 70-member Legislative Council in June 2015, requiring a two-thirds majority to be passed.
POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 230
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 45
POST REFORM VOTE：DAY 45
Full coverage of the day’s events on 02-08
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In Pictures: Protesters organise ‘breast walk’ demo at Hong Kong police HQ
More than 100 demonstrators rallied outside Hong Kong’s police headquarters in Wan Chai on Sunday to protest against a decision to jail a female protester for assaulting a police officer with her breasts.
Thirty-year-old Ng Lai-ying was sentenced to three months and 15 days behind bars on Thursday after being convicted of assaulting Chief Inspector Chan Ka-po at an anti-parallel trader protest on March 1.
Civic Party lawmaker Claudia Mo tells protesters at a rally outside Wan Chai Police HQ “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty.” Photo: Figo Chan.
Demonstrators arrived outside Hong Kong’s police headquarters sporting bras and chanting “breasts are not weapons!” and “shame on the government!”
Among those attending the rally was League of Social Democrats lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, also known as “Long Hair”.
“I don’t think it’s fair. I think it is a serious attack on human rights in the first place, and most importantly it’s an attack on women’s rights,” he said. “Any woman on this earth, if she feels that she has been sexually harassed, she should shout, she should expose it. So why should a woman be severely punished for that?”
Wearing a white bra on top of a t-shirt, Leung told HKFP that arguments made by the prosecution were “totally unacceptable.”
Leung Kwok-hung from the League of Social democrats told HKFP that Ng Lai-ying’s sentencing is an attack on women’s rights. Photo: InMedia.
Similarly, Civic Party lawmaker Claudia Mo said the magistrate’s decision was “absurd” and “ridiculous.”
“As a woman legislator in Hong Kong, I feel the obligation to be here to show at least some moral support to the whole thing. The absurdity is just unspeakable… I don’t think we should be here to try to influence court decisions. I normally would say ‘I disagree with the verdict yet I respect the verdict’. But this time I couldn’t.”
Male protesters also turned up to the rally wearing bras in support of Ng Lai-ying. Photo: Eva Ho.
Eleanor Lam, a freelance consultant taking part in the protest, told HKFP she was worried that Ng’s sentencing would “deter women’s participation in the civic society and the political participation as well.”
Nicknamed the “Yuen Long Four”, the group were arrested at the beginning of March during an anti-parallel trading protest. During the scuffles, Ng told the court that she instinctively shouted “indecent assault” after the chief inspector reached out his arm for the strap of Ng’s bag and ended up touching the upper part of her left breast.
The magistrate overseeing the case, Michael Chan Pik-kiu, dismissed Ng’s allegations, saying they had caused great harm to the officer’s reputation.
Photo: Figo Chan, via Facebook.
Chan also claimed that, after the four were convicted, he was threatened and feared for his safety. However, he did not clarify who had threatened him and why.
Retired teacher James Hon (left) shows support for Ng. Photo: Figo Chan, via Facebook
Ng was sentenced alongside three co-defendants. Twenty-year-old Kwong Chung-hung was handed five months and one week in a detention centre, 22-year-old Poon Tsz-hang was sentenced to five months and three weeks in prison, and a 14-year-old defendant will also be sent to a rehabilitation centre for an indeterminate period of time. All four pleaded not guilty to obstructing police. Lawyers representing the defendants are appealing.
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