2019–20 Hong Kong Protests

2019–20 Hong Kong protests
	Pairt o the democratic development in Hong Kong, ; Hong Kong–Mainland Cheenae conflict; an the protests o 2019
Date	15 Mairch 2019–present; (5 years, 1 week and 4 days)
Location	Hong Kong; Ither ceeties warldwide in solidarity
Caused bi	Proposal o the Fugitive Offenders an Mutual Legal Assistance in Creeminal Maiters Legislation (Mendment) Bill 2019; Alleged misconduct bi the Hong Kong Polis Force against protesters (syne 12 Juin); Hong Kong–Mainland Cheenae conflict, poleetical screenin, economic an social inequality; The failyie o the 2014 Umbrella Revolution; Implementation o anti-mask law an the invocation o the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (syne 3 October); Proposal o the Naitional Anthem Bill (syne Mey 2020); Proposal o a Naitional Siccarity Law bi the Naitional Fowk's Congress in Beijing (Syne Mey 2020);
Goals	Five Demands Full widrawal o the extradeetion bill frae the legislative process; Retraction o the chairacterisation o the 12 Juin 2019 protests as "riots"; Release an exoneration o arrestit protesters; Establishment o an independent commission o inquiry intae polis behaviour; Universal suffrage for Legislative Cooncil an Chief Executive elections;
Methods	Diverse
Status	Ongaein
Concessions; gien	Bill suspendit on 15 Juin an offeecially widrawn on 23 October; Polis pairtially retractit chairacterisation o protests on or afore 12 Juin as "riots", except for five individuals in Admiralty on 12 Juin;
Pairties tae the ceevil conflict
Protesters: ; (na centralised authority) Pro-democracy camp Ceevil Human Richts Front (CHRF); Demosistō; ; Localist groups ; Pro-unthirldom groups ; Student unions o the public varsities Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation (HKIAD); ; Wirkers' unions frae various sectors Hospital Authority Employees Alliance; ; Citizens Press Conference ; Hong Kong Civil Assembly Team (HKCAT) ; Spark Alliance ; 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund ; Protect the Children ; Several releegious groups ;	Authorities: Hong Kong ; HKSAR Govrenment Secretariat; Executive Cooncil; Hong Kong Polis Force; ; Pro-Beijing camp Safeguard Hong Kong Alliance; Politihk Social Strategic; Defend Hong Kong Campaign; ; Supportit bi: Cheenae ; State Cooncil Hong Kong an Macau Affairs Office; Hong Kong Liaison Office; Meenistry o Public Siccarity; Fowk's Leeberation Airmy Hong Kong Garrison; ; Communist Pairty o Cheenae (CPC) Central Coordination Group for Hong Kong an Macau Affairs; General Office o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae; Secretariat o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae; Central Foreign Affairs Commission; Central Poleetical an Legal Affairs Commission; Unitit Front Wark Depairtment; ; Triad groups (suspectit) ;
Lead feegurs
Protesters; (na centralised leadership)	Hong Kong Carrie Lam ; (Chief Executive o Hong Kong) ; Matthew Cheung ; (Chief Secretar for Admeenistration) ; Teresa Cheng ; (Secretar for Juistice) ; John Lee ; (Secretar for Siccarity) ; Stephen Lo ; (Commissioner o Polis) (till 18 November 2019) ; Chris Tang ; (Commissioner o Polis) (18 November 2019–present) ; Supportit bi: Cheenae Xi Jinping ; (General Secretar o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae, Paramunt leader) ; Li Keqiang ; (Premier o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae) ; Wang Huning ; (first secretar o the Secretariat o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae) ; Han Zheng ; (leader o the Central Coordination Group for Hong Kong an Macau Affairs) ; Ding Xuexiang ; (chief o the General Office o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae) ; Xiao Jie ; (Secretary-General o the State Council) ; Yang Jiechi ; (director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office) ; Wei Fenghe ; (chief o the Meenistry o Naitional Defense) ; You Quan ; (heid o the Unitit Front Wark Depairtment) ; Guo Shengkun ; (secretar o the Central Poleetical an Legal Affairs Commission) ; Zhao Kezhi ; (meenister o the Meenistry o Public Security) ; Xu Lin ; (director o the State Cooncil Information Office) ; Xia Baolong ; (director o the Hong Kong an Macau Affairs Office) ; Zhang Xiaoming ; (depute director o the Hong Kong an Macau Affairs Office) ; Wang Zhimin ; (director o the Hong Kong Liaison Office) (till 4 Januar 2020) ; Luo Huining ; (director o the Hong Kong Liaison Office) (4 Januar 2020–present) ;
Daiths, injures an arrests
Daith(s)	2
Injures	2,600+ (as o 9 December 2019);
Reestit	~9,000 (as o 28 Mey 2020)
Chairged	1,749+ (as o 10 Juin 2020)

Gin pit forrit, the bill wad hae alloued fowk tae be extradichtit tae jurisdictions whaur Hong Kong disnae hae extradition greements, includin mainland Cheenae an Taiwan. This led tae concerns that the bill wad subject Hong Kong residents an veesitors tae the legal seestem o mainland Cheenae, an unnerminin Hong Kong's autonomy an infringin ceevil leeberties.

2019–20 Hong Kong Protests

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