Hong Kong’s protest movement has led to more mass arrests this week, with the city’s leaders and protesters locked in a cycle of escalating confrontations.
The rising numbers of arrests, injuries and weapons used on the streets highlight the widening gap between civilians demanding accountability and political reform and a government eager to end months of increasingly violent protests.
Hundreds of people have been arrested following a bitter stand-off at the Polytechnic University that resulted in daring escapes. The university’s president said on Wednesday afternoon that about 100 protesters remained barricaded in the campus.
Most of the people inside the school, including some social wor
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Nov 20, 2019