- Title: Taiwanese brave rain to support Hong Kong protests
- Date: 29th September 2019
- Summary: TAIPEI, TAIWAN (SEPTEMBER 29, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** HONG KONG SINGER AND ACTIVIST, DENISE HO, BEING ATTACKED WITH RED PAINT HO TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) HONG KONG SINGER AND ACTIVIST, DENISE HO, SAYING: "A lot of social activists in Hong Kong are actually subjected to situations like this every day. I think this is very obliviously a sort of suppression and intimidation. I think this is actually, you can see very clearly, I think that Hong Kong people will not back down or be scared by situations like this." PROTESTERS GATHERING PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER READING (Chinese): "TAIWAN CLASSMATES COME TOGETHER" FLAGS BEING WAVED PROTESTER HOLDING FLAG VARIOUS OF PROTEST VOLUNTEER, HSU SHU-WEI, MAKING HIS WAY TO PROTEST VARIOUS OF HSU SHU-WEI INTERACTING WITH VOLUNTEERS TAIWAN FLAG ATTACHED TO HSU'S BACKPACK (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT VOLUNTEER, HSU SHU-WEI, SAYING: "Some of my classmates, people of the same age as me, are maybe less interested or are unable to come (to the protest), mostly because the parents hope to protect their children and stop them from participating in these political events. I think that everyone should oppose (China's) government together. In 2020, everyone should cherish the voting ticket in their hand." PROTESTER HOLDING UP FLAG VARIOUS OF BANNER ON THE FLOOR READING (Chinese): "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING POSTERS PROTESTERS GATHERED VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNERS AND SHOUTING SLOGANS VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) 55-YEAR-OLD DELIVERY MAN, LEE TUNG-MING, SAYING: "Because China's ambition is so big, we are afraid that there will be influences on our lives and there will be no more freedom. Even the economy might be affected because China is too much of a dictatorship." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING IN THE RAIN
- Embargoed: 13th October 2019 13:21
- Keywords: Hong Kong protest solidarity China Denise Ho
- Location: TAIPEI, TAIWAN
- City: TAIPEI, TAIWAN
- Country: Taiwan
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA001AYPL0SN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Two men poured red paint on the head of Hong Kong singer and activist Denise Ho in Sunday (September 29) at a rally in Taipei attended by tens of thousands in support of Hong Kong.
"A lot of social activists in Hong Kong are actually subjected to situations like this every day. I think this is very obliviously a sort of suppression and intimidation. I think this is actually, you can see very clearly, I think that Hong Kong people will not back down or be scared by situations like this," she said after the incident.
Organisers said around 100,000 people took part in the rally. The protest was part of a global call to action by Hong Kong activists, with dozens of cities across the globe holding similar events.
Protestors, many wearing black and some carrying signs that read "support Hong Kong, against totalitarianism", repeatedly chanted "free Hong Kong. Stand with Hong Kong."
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