Hong Kong protesters preparing for the worse: Protest Leaders go on a hunger strike, bracing for dea
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[QUOTE](Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court has ordered the main protest sites that have choked the financial city for more than two months to be cleared, building up to a final showdown on Thursday between pro-democracy activists and authorities backed by Beijing.
A local bus company, which was granted an injunction against street blockades at the site in Admiralty, home to government offices and next to the main Central business district, has received an official clearance order from the High Court, according to notices posted in local papers on Tuesday.
Student groups have been calling for a free vote in the Chinese controlled city through largely peaceful demonstrations dubbed the "Umbrella Movement".
Paul Tse, the lawyer who represents the bus company, told local television the protesters should leave the area before 9 a.m. on Thursday.
Chief Executive C.Y. Leung, who has branded the protests illegal, has rejected calls for more talks on political reform and warned protesters not to turn to violence when the clearance starts.
Splinter protest groups calling for democracy for Hong Kong are springing up and fast-tracking action plans as student-led demonstrators consider a retreat from the main protest site which has blocked key downtown arteries since the end of September.
At their peak, the rallies drew more than 100,000, but their number has dwindled and now there only dozens left.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/09/us-hongkong-china-idUSKBN0JN02520141209[/url]
Sad to say, I kind of expected this to happen, as days grow longer, the protesters will question themselves if all that effort is worth it, and then they'll decide that they still need to work/study for money to survive.
[editline]9th December 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE]ong Kong (CNN) -- The Hong Kong teenager who has become the face of pro-democracy protests in the city ended his hunger strike on Saturday for health reasons.
Joshua Wong started the hunger strike on Monday, December 1, telling CNN it was the "only way" to get the government to agree to talks.
A statement on his Facebook page said that the strike lasted for 108 hours and he ended it on the advice of his doctor. He said he felt "extremely unwell" and his blood sugar was very low.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://edition.cnn.com/2014/12/07/world/asia/hong-kong-hunger-strike/[/url]
I'm glad Hong Kong is "democratic" in a sense for all these protest to be shared and viewed by the world
If China had its way, we wouldn't know about it for a while
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;46676027]I'm glad Hong Kong is "democratic" in a sense for all these protest to be shared and viewed by the world
If China had its way, we wouldn't know about it for a while[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/10/20/china-detainees-disappeared-after-xinjiang-protests"]Or worse.[/URL]
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