On Monday, September 8 at 15:00 GMT: In Hong Kong, pro-democracy activists fear their city is losing its status as a free society. China recently ruled that it will decide who gets to run in Hong Kongs elections -- a move many see as contrary to Beijing’s promise of granting the semi-autonomous territory universal suffrage by 2017. Angered by the ruling, activists from the pro-democracy Occupy Central movement have vowed a new era of civil disobedience, with protests planned in the coming weeks.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:05:10 +0000
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