- Title: "No meaningful reason to meet with Carrie Lam", says Hong Kong lawmaker
- Date: 17th September 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (FILE - APRIL 24, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF CHAN AMONG OTHER PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS DURING PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTEST HONG KONG, CHINA (FILE - APRIL 28, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING HOLDING YELLOW UMBRELLAS AND BANNERS
- Embargoed: 1st October 2019 18:03
- Keywords: Hong Kong protests Carrie Lam police China democracy
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Various
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002AX1S01Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Tanya Chan rejected any kind of dialogue with Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday (September 17), as the former British colony's leader Carrie Lam said she and her team would begin talks with the community next week.
Lam, who is under pressure from Beijing to defuse the public anger stirring the protests, said the talks would be as open as possible, with members of the public able to sign up to attend.
Chan, who was in Geneva on Monday (September 16) to address the U.N. Human Rights Council over police violence against protesters, said that Lam's overture was a political gesture.
The former British colony has been rocked by more than three months of sometimes violent clashes, with demonstrators angry over what they see as creeping interference by Beijing in Hong Kong's affairs, despite a promise of autonomy.
Hong Kong returned to China in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula that guarantees freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland, including an independent legal system.
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