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.
POST OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 141:
Full coverage of the day’s events on 05-05
Fight for HK rights taken to Canada
Canada's parliament has been asked by Nathan Law Kwun-chung, secretary-general of the Federation of Students, to investigate a loss of rights in Hong Kong.
Facing the Foreign Affairs Standing Committee and the International Development panel in Ottawa, Law spoke of the "helplessness" young Hongkongers feel in regard to limited social mobility, skyrocketing home prices and "mainlandization."
Law had been invited to appear before the committee, which is assessing Hong Kong's political situation after last year's 79-day Umbrella Movement.
He also said the administration's political reform package infringes on citizens' rights and asked the Canadian government to issue a statement urging Beijing "to honor and fulfill the promises made to Hong Kong people in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law in respect of `one country, two systems,' Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy, and constitutional reform on the election of political leaders [by] universal suffrage."
He noted too that Canada had with other countries endorsed the Sino-British Joint Declaration and asked that Ottawa "send a delegation to Hong Kong to observe the implementation of the declaration there."
Law, 21, who was elected to the federation post in March, also said students involved in last year's Umbrella Movement had no choice but to take to the streets.
"Since the SAR government refused to acknowledge our basic human rights for free expression," he said, "we had no choice but to use peaceful civil disobedience ... the last resort for Hong Kong people. "We took this decision very seriously. We knew we would be sacrificing study time and going without rest. But it became much worse than that. Two days after the action began police attacked us with 87 canisters of tear gas, beat the students with batons and showed banners saying disperse or [they] would fire."
Civic Party chairwoman Audrey Eu Yuet-mee and Joshua Wong Chi-fung, convener of student group Scholarism, gave evidence from Hong Kong through teleconferencing.
Eu said Canada could support genuine universal suffrage by continuing to speak out against the mainland.
"The very fact the Beijing government always criticizes foreign governments for interference is an indication that whatever you say matters a great deal," she added. "Every voice counts."
But Executive Council member Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun said it was unwise for the three to testify to the Canadians as Hong Kong people should resolve their own problems. And the central government has already said universal suffrage in Hong Kong is a matter of sovereignty.
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