Stand with Hong Kong
The Hong Kong protesters will never back down until we get back our rights!
The city of Hong Kong was in ruins after the protests with the police. They shot numerous cans of tear gas that filled the streets at night. Civilians are faced with police cruelness if caught speaking against China.
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At first, the protests started when China reinforced the extradition bill in Hong Kong. However, the severity of the police tactics against the protesters increased greatly which caused the Hong Kongers to create the "Five Demands".
-Withdrawal of the extradition bill
-For the protests not to be characterised as a "riot"
-Amnesty for arrested protesters
-An independent inquiry into alleged police brutality
-Implementation of complete universal suffrage
In 1997, Hong Kong was handed back over to China under "one country two systems". However, this arrangement was withdrawn in september and the people of Hong Kong protested for democracy.
In the past years, sightings of mysterious suicides have occured and the people of Hong Kong suspect they were caused by none other than Pro-China, Hong Kong police. In multiple occurences, protesters have ended up missing and are suspected of being held captive in mainland China.
My name is Ava and I was inspired to create this website because my family is from Hong Kong and I don't believe that enough people understand the severity of the situation there. I was in Hong Kong when the protests of 2019 started and the teargas was so bad that I couldn't leave my apartment. People believe that the stuation has died down but in fact, the brutality forced upon Hong Kongers by the police is still eminent in their daily lives. My goal with this website is to spread awarness of the tragedy happening in my family's country.