香港：警方未能保護和平示威者 女性示威者遇襲
國際特赦組織香港分會 Amnesty International Hong Kong
國際特赦組織 國際新聞稿 Amnesty International Press Release
國際特赦組織指出， 警方在星期五晚上的集會中，無法有效地保護數百名和平爭
星期五晚，反示威者與爭取民主示威者於旺角及銅鑼灣地區
“警察今晚袖手旁觀是可恥的。政府當局沒能保護和平示威
“上個星期以來，我們看到街上有大量警察。遺憾的是，他
國際特赦組織從第一手目擊證人處獲知，女性在示威場地受
一位在旺角的女示威者告訴國際特赦組織，下午4點左右，
直至現場氣氛暴動數小時後，警察增援部隊才到達。可是，
政府當局有責任促進公民自由言論、和平集會權利的行使，
「根據國際標準，和平集會不會因一些反對集會的人的不守
從10月3日下午開始，在集會地點的氣氛變得越來越緊張
警方拘捕了數位人士，但明顯對反對和平集會的人沒有起到
Hong Kong: Women and girls attacked as police fail to protect peaceful protesters
Hong Kong’s police failed in their duty to protect hundreds of peaceful pro-democracy protesters from attacks by counter demonstrators on Friday evening, Amnesty International said.
Women and girls were among those targeted, including incidents of sexual assault, harassment and intimidation, as counter-demonstrators clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok and Causeway Bay areas of Hong Kong on Friday evening.
"The police inaction tonight is shameful. The authorities have failed in their duty to protect peaceful protesters who came under attack," said Mabel Au, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong.
"There has been a heavy police presence during the past week, but their failure tonight risks fuelling an increasingly volatile situation."
Amnesty International has first-hand witness accounts of women being physically attacked and threatened, while police stood by and did nothing.
One woman at the demonstration in Mongkok told Amnesty International how a man grabbed her breasts while she was standing with other protesters at around 4pm. She also witnessed the same man assault two other women by touching their groins. Several police officers witnessed this but failed to take any action against the man. Fellow protesters then intervened to prevent the man attacking any more women.
Police reinforcements appeared only hours after the atmosphere became violent, but the police still struggled to maintain control.
It is unclear whether the police simply underestimated the risk posed by counter-demonstrators, or whether they decided not to intervene.
The authorities have an obligation to protect peaceful protesters from violent attacks. Demonstrators must be allowed to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Under international standards, a peaceful assembly does not become illegal because some counter-demonstrators act in an unruly or even violent way.
Since the late afternoon, the situation has become increasingly tense, and police seemed to have had difficulty maintaining control. Observers reported that police forces were not sufficient for several hours, despite widespread reports of an urgently deteriorating situation.
The police have made some arrests, but this seems to have made no affect on the counter-demonstrators.
http://goo.gl/nfwUOA
國際特赦組織指出， 警方在星期五晚上的集會中，無法有效地保護數百名和平爭
星期五晚，反示威者與爭取民主示威者於旺角及銅鑼灣地區
“警察今晚袖手旁觀是可恥的。政府當局沒能保護和平示威
“上個星期以來，我們看到街上有大量警察。遺憾的是，他
國際特赦組織從第一手目擊證人處獲知，女性在示威場地受
一位在旺角的女示威者告訴國際特赦組織，下午4點左右，
直至現場氣氛暴動數小時後，警察增援部隊才到達。可是，
政府當局有責任促進公民自由言論、和平集會權利的行使，
「根據國際標準，和平集會不會因一些反對集會的人的不守
從10月3日下午開始，在集會地點的氣氛變得越來越緊張
警方拘捕了數位人士，但明顯對反對和平集會的人沒有起到
Hong Kong: Women and girls attacked as police fail to protect peaceful protesters
Hong Kong’s police failed in their duty to protect hundreds of peaceful pro-democracy protesters from attacks by counter demonstrators on Friday evening, Amnesty International said.
Women and girls were among those targeted, including incidents of sexual assault, harassment and intimidation, as counter-demonstrators clashed with pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok and Causeway Bay areas of Hong Kong on Friday evening.
"The police inaction tonight is shameful. The authorities have failed in their duty to protect peaceful protesters who came under attack," said Mabel Au, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong.
"There has been a heavy police presence during the past week, but their failure tonight risks fuelling an increasingly volatile situation."
Amnesty International has first-hand witness accounts of women being physically attacked and threatened, while police stood by and did nothing.
One woman at the demonstration in Mongkok told Amnesty International how a man grabbed her breasts while she was standing with other protesters at around 4pm. She also witnessed the same man assault two other women by touching their groins. Several police officers witnessed this but failed to take any action against the man. Fellow protesters then intervened to prevent the man attacking any more women.
Police reinforcements appeared only hours after the atmosphere became violent, but the police still struggled to maintain control.
It is unclear whether the police simply underestimated the risk posed by counter-demonstrators, or whether they decided not to intervene.
The authorities have an obligation to protect peaceful protesters from violent attacks. Demonstrators must be allowed to exercise their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Under international standards, a peaceful assembly does not become illegal because some counter-demonstrators act in an unruly or even violent way.
Since the late afternoon, the situation has become increasingly tense, and police seemed to have had difficulty maintaining control. Observers reported that police forces were not sufficient for several hours, despite widespread reports of an urgently deteriorating situation.
The police have made some arrests, but this seems to have made no affect on the counter-demonstrators.
http://goo.gl/nfwUOA
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