A mass number of pro-democracy protesters are detained by riot police during a rally in Causeway Bay district, in Hong Kong, China, on Jan. 1, 2020.A march drawing tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day spiralled into chaotic scenes as police fired several rounds of tear gas and water cannon at crowds including families before halting the event.
Organizers estimated just over one million people took part, but police said 60,000 protesters attended at the march’s peak The atmosphere grew tense in several districts on Hong Kong island, as hundreds of protesters dug in, forming road blocks, setting fires and throwing a few petrol bombs. Human chains formed down roads to help ferry supplies to people on the front lines, including umbrellas and bricks.
“It’s hard to utter ‘Happy New Year’ because Hong Kong people are not happy,” said a man named Tung, who was walking with his two-year-old son, mother and niece.“Unless the five demands are achieved, and police are held accountable for their brutality, then we can’t have a real happy new year,” he added.
Thousands of Hong Kong revellers had earlier welcomed in 2020 on neon-lit promenades along Victoria Harbour, chanting the movement’s signature slogan – “Liberate Hong Kong. Revolution of our Time” – for the final seconds before clocks struck midnight.
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