Hong Kong: Protesters demand freedom from China

In Hong Kong the pro-democracy protests continue despite police clampdown. People are protesting against being subjected to Chinese rule in their homeland. To control the protesters Hong Kong police used force and lathicharge. At the heart of the protests is concern about the erosion of civil liberties in Hong Kong, a former colony that was promised its own freedoms when Britain handed it back to China in 1997. Protests are triggered by concerns that the controversial ‘Fugitive Offenders amendment bill,’ would subject Hong Kong residents and visitors to the jurisdiction and legal system of mainland China, thereby undermining the region's autonomy and Hong Kong people's civil liberties.