Thousands of Hong Kong students boycott first day of fall classes to rally peacefully for democracy.
HONG KONG — Thousands of Hong Kong students boycotted the first day of fall classes and rallied peacefully for democracy on Monday, the latest acts of defiance in an anti-government movement that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis.
The semi-autonomous Chinese territory has been rocked by nearly three months of pro-democracy protests calling for electoral reforms and an independent inquiry into police conduct. They are seeking greater democracy for the former British colony which returned to China in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” formula that guarantees wide-ranging autonomy, including the right to protest and an independent judiciary.
At St. Francis' Canossian College, a girls' school, uniformed students kneeled in a line and held up hand-painted signs that read:"The five major demands: Not one is dispensable."and formally withdrawing an extradition bill that would allow Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China to stand trial.
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