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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

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators clash with police in the Mong Kok district as they try to reclaim their former protest site.
2014-11-29

The Hong Kong Police Force arrests eleven more people in a second night of violence after removal of a camp in Mong Kok and seven police officers are arrested for alleged assault of a protester on October 15.
2014-11-27

Student leaders Joshua Wong and Lester Shum are amongst those arrested.
2014-11-26

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

The Hong Kong Police Force and protesters clash violently in the neighbourhood of Mong Kok.
2014-10-19

The Hong Kong Police Force stages a dawn raid at the protest site in the suburb of Mong Kok.
2014-10-17

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

Benny Tai announces that Occupy Central is launched as Hong Kong's government headquarters is being occupied by thousands of protesters.
2014-09-28