- Title: Hong Kong protesters call for international pressure ahead of Sunday march
- Date: 19th October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF HONG KONG PROTESTERS SITTING AT EDINBURGH PLACE FOR PRAYER SIT-IN, HOLDING PHONE LIGHTS GIRL FLASHING LIGHT FROM PHONE IN "SOS" MORSE CODE PEOPLE SITTING, HOLDING UP PHONE LIGHTS VARIOUS 19-YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY STUDENT, STEVE, HOLDING U.S. FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (English) 19-YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY STUDENT, STEVE, SAYING: "No one like violence but we have no choice because the police try very hard to suppress our voice. We just, we just want to fight for our freedom and that's all we need and, democracy." VARIOUS STEVE OF STANDING NEAR SIGN READING (English): "FREE HK" VARIOUS OF PROTEST COUPLE STANDING AND LOOKING ON (SOUNDBITE) (English) 20-YEAR OLD HONG KONG PROTESTER, TU, SAYING: "I think it is our responsibility to try our best to continue with this because we need to let the government know that we are not giving up either." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS GATHERED PROTESTERS CLAPPING CANDLE PROTESTERS SITTING BEHIND CANDLE MAN SPEAKING ON STAGE SCREEN ON STAGE
- Embargoed: 2nd November 2019 13:54
- Keywords: Hong Kong China protest demonstration gathering
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1RGGUF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Hong Kong anti-government protesters gathered at Edinburgh Place on Saturday (October 19) evening, praying and called on the international community to put pressure on the government ahead of a planned march on Sunday (October 20).
Hong Kong has been relatively calm in the past two weeks after violent protests ignited by the introduction of colonial-era emergency laws.
Demonstrations on Friday (October 18) saw protesters forming a human chain along the metro network and many wearing masks in defiance of a ban on covering faces at public rallies.
Pro-democracy leaders called on citizens to join a Sunday anti-government march in spite of the risk of arrest, after police banned the rally which is seen as a test of the protest movement's strength following months of unrest.
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