Dozens of Hong Kong protesters make daring campus breakout

ESCAPE. A protester lowers himself down a rope from a bridge to a highway, to escape from Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus and from police, in Hung Hom district in Hong Kong on November 18, 2019. Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP

Late Monday, dozens of black-clad protesters on a footbridge slithered down ropes several meters to a road below, where they were whisked away on motorbikes. China has refused to budge on any of the protesters' demands, and warned it will not tolerate dissent in the financial center. Both Washington and the European Union urged restraint from all sides and called for an inquiry into the use of force during the protests.Earlier, police made dozens of arrests as protesters made a dash for it – sometimes beating people with batons as they held them on the ground, or kicking their heads.

"I will run but never surrender. I don't want to get arrested," said a protester who gave his name only as 'W'.Protests started in June as a peaceful condemnation of a now-shelved China extradition bill, but have morphed into a confrontational action to defend the city's unique freedoms from perceived encroachment by Beijing.

You need to have a word with your correspondent. He is falsely reporting against the HK police. They are behaving incredibly well in face of extreme danger and destruction

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