Hong Kong’s protesters are appalled after what they say was an excessive use of violence by police overnight on Aug. 12, with some groups calling for general strikes.
Thousands of pro-democracy Hongkongers held a peaceful rally in the city’s Victoria Park on the afternoon of Aug. 11, reiterating their demand that the government’s extradition bill be fully withdrawn. The bill received widespread backlash when the government tried to rush its amendments through the legislature in June, amid fears that the changes would make those passing through Hong Kong vulnerable to extradition and trial in China’s courts—notorious for the absence of rule of law.
