Hong Kong police dismantle protest site
Reuters
2014-12-11
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STORY: Hong Kong cleared most of the main pro-democracy protest site on Thursday (December 11) as police hauled activists away, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations that have blocked key roads in the Chinese-controlled city.
Authorities used around 20 large trucks with cranes to remove mountains of rubbish. A government spokesman said police had been professional and restrained and roads would be reopened to traffic as soon as possible.
Many activists chose to leave the Admiralty site, next to government buildings and the Central business area, peacefully, despite their demands for a free vote not being met, but the overall mood was one of defiance as protesters chanted: "We will be back".
The mainly peaceful protests have represented one of the most serious challenges to China's authority since the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations and bloody crackdown in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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STORY: Hong Kong cleared most of the main pro-democracy protest site on Thursday (December 11) as police hauled activists away, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations that have blocked key roads in the Chinese-controlled city.
Authorities used around 20 large trucks with cranes to remove mountains of rubbish. A government spokesman said police had been professional and restrained and roads would be reopened to traffic as soon as possible.
Many activists chose to leave the Admiralty site, next to government buildings and the Central business area, peacefully, despite their demands for a free vote not being met, but the overall mood was one of defiance as protesters chanted: "We will be back".
The mainly peaceful protests have represented one of the most serious challenges to China's authority since the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations and bloody crackdown in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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