Hong Kong airport reopens amid warnings over more pro-democracy protests, UN official urges restraint from officials

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Airport staff help travellers near the departure gate at the airport in Hong Kong, Wednesday. Flight operations resumed at the airport Wednesday morning after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence highlighting the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the Chinese city that's a major international travel hub.

Five people were detained in the latest disturbances, police said, bringing the number of those arrested since the protests began in June to more than 600. Trump described events in Hong Kong as tricky but hoped it would work out for everybody, including China, and “for liberty” without anyone getting hurt or killed.

Demonstrators say they are fighting the erosion of the “one country, two systems” arrangement that enshrined some autonomy for Hong Kong when it returned to China in 1997. “Rule of law is the cornerstone of prosperity and for people to live and work in peace. We have to act now to oppose violence, to resume the peace, and to maintain the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong,” it said.Swire Pacific also said in an advertisement in the same paper that, as Cathay’s largest shareholder, it supported the carrier’s “zero tolerance on illegal activity”.

Some protesters used luggage trolleys to blockade the doors to customs checkpoints. Protesters scuffled with police and several police vehicles were blocked amid heated scenes later on Tuesday night, according to Reuters witnesses.The United Nations human rights commissioner, Michele Bachelet, urged Hong Kong authorities to exercise restraint and investigate evidence that tear gas was fired at protesters in ways banned under international law.

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