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The 2019 Hong Kong protests

Some protestors are clashing with the police of the Hong Kong Police Force Police tactical unit (PTU) during the 2019 Hong Kong protests.

 

The 2019 Hong Kong protests, also known as the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill or simply the Anti-Extradition protests are a series of demonstrations in the city of Hong Kong that was caused by the proposal of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill by the government of Hong Kong. The bill would have allowed local authorities to detain and extradite criminal fugitives who are wanted in territories with which the city of Hong Kong does not currently have extradition agreements, including Taiwan and The People’s Republic Of China.

 

However many people were concerns that the extradition bill would subject Hong Kong citizens and visitors to the People’s Republic Of China’s legal system, undermining the autonomy of the region and its liberties it carries. As the protests progressed over the course of months, the protesters laid out five demands, simply known as the ‘’Five demands’’ that include the full withdrawal of the bill, the investigation into alleged police brutality and misconduct, the release of arrested protesters, a complete retraction of the official characterisation of the protests as "riots", and Chief Executive Carrie Lam's resignation along with the introduction of universal suffrage for election of the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive.

 

On 9 June 2019 up to a million people marching for the withdrawal of the extradition bill. However, this has failed to pressurize the government and protesters gathered outside the Legislative Council building in order to stall the second reading of the extradition bill. Eventually The protest escalated into a violent confrontation between the protesters and the police, who deployed tear gas and rubber bullets.A bigger march took place on june the 16th just one day after the bill was suspended.The protesters shifted the focus onto what they alleged to be the excessive use of force by the police on 12 June. The protests have continued throughout the summer, escalating into increasingly violent confrontations involving the police, activists on both sides, suspected triad gangs, and local residents in all districts throughout the entire region. Police operations and alleged misconduct, including its inaction when suspected triad members assaulted protesters and commuters in Yuen Long on July 21 and the storming of Prince Edward station on August 31 have further escalated the protests. Large-scale demonstrations occurred on 1 October, being the National Day, when an 18-year-old student protester was shot while hitting a policeman.

 

The extradition bill was fully suspended and declared the bill "dead", but resisted withdrawing it until an announcement to the effect was made on 4 September as a means to curb protests, However Carrie Lam invoked the Emergency Regulations Ordinance on 4 October in order to implement an anti-mask law, resulting in citywide conflicts that have occurred throughout October. The bill was finally withdrawn on 23 October, but the government refused to agree to the other four demands.

 

The protests have been largely described as "leaderless" and the protesters have used various tactics to pressurize the government, which, alongside the Police, have received the lowest approval ratings since the 1997 handover in public opinion polls. The Chinese government has indicated that it sees the protests as the "worst crisis in Hong Kong" since the handover in 1997. The protests have resulted in several suicides and one indirect fatality.

 

The reason why I want to depict this conflict is mainly because I know some people who are directly involved with this entire event.

 

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This post contains a lot of references and easter eggs that depicts the event in general.

 

Aside from the Raincoat man who was the first confirmed death. There is also a firefighter standing next to the raincoat man, symbolising that some civil services are helping out regardless of political affiliation. There is also a double decker bus in the background, a symbol of Hong Kong's daily street life, the bus is a symbol that daily life came to an halt for many.

 

On the foreground you see police attacking the protestors while in the background you see a protestor attacking the police. It symbolish that police brutality gets the most sensation than radicals whose actions are mostly justified by some of the people, while police brutality is always condemned, but this can also apply vice versa depending on your stance.

You see Yellow and a red umbrella. The yellow symbolise the Hong Kong democratic movement of course.

The red symbolise support that comes from the mainland as not everyone in the mainland agrees with the current state in Hong Kong, but are too afraid to speak out, because of the CCP. And some people often forget that, most see the mainlanders as an collective.

Then you see a girl with normal clothes and a boy in black, the girl symbolise the early stages of the protests, she wear a simple outfit with a face mask and a helmet, the boy wears and respirator and a black shirt and a helmet. The umbrella of the girl is small symbolishing that the earliest goal was the scrapping the extradition low, the larger umbrella symbolise the 5 demands.

 

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For the record this is not trying to be political and everyone is entitled to have their own opinion on the matter, so please keep it civil.

 

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Taken on November 9, 2019