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As the trial against 47 pro-democracy activists begins in Hong Kong, it is announced that 29 activists, including Joshua Wong and Benny Tai, will plead guilty and 18 activists, including Leung Kwok-hung, will plead not guilty.
2022-08-18

Hong Kong legal scholar and pro-democracy activist Benny Tai is fired from his tenured position as associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, due to his prior arrest for coordinating the Umbrella Revolution. Tai in a Facebook post called it the "end of academic freedom" in the city.
2020-07-28

Voters in Hong Kong go to the polls for a Legislative Council election, the first major election since the 2014 pro-democracy street protests. Several young pro-independence candidates win seats in the election.
2016-09-4

Pro-democracy protesters peacefully return to the streets of Hong Kong for the first time since the end of Occupy Central protests in December.
2015-02-1

Authorities start clearing the main protest site in Hong Kong following a recent court order for protesters to vacate the site in Admiralty area.
2014-12-11

Hong Kong authorities start clearing away barricades in the district of Mong Kok. [http:--www.miamiherald.com-news-nation-world-article4086855.html (AP via "Miami Herald")]date=August 2019
2014-11-25

Violent clashes between police and protesters occur in central Hong Kong as protesters attempt to barricade a major road.
2014-10-15

Hong Kong's Occupy Central protest leaders call for supporters to hold a major rally after the Government of Hong Kong calls off planned talks.
2014-10-10

Hong Kong government says it has called off a meeting on 10 October 2014 with student leaders of the pro-democracy movement.
2014-10-9

Hong Kong customs authorities deny entry and deport a Taiwanese rights activist intending to support the Occupy Central campaign, which has gathered almost 800,000 votes in an unofficial poll on electoral reform.
2014-06-29