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Police charge 47 out of the 55 arrested last month during a mass raid with "subversion". Those charged include Professor Benny Tai, former legislator James To, activist and district councilor Lester Shum and League of Social Democrats politicians and activists Leung Kwok-hung and Jimmy Sham, who was particularly defiant in court.
2021-02-28

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

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

Pro-democracy demonstrators and the Hong Kong Police Force clash outside the headquarters of the Government of Hong Kong. Dozens of people are arrested.
2014-12-1

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

More than 80 people are arrested as police dismantle a protest camp in the Mong Kok commercial district.
2014-11-26

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

There are overnight scuffles between members of the Hong Kong Police Force and Occupy Central with Love and Peace protesters for a second night.
2014-10-16

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

Hong Kong police resort to tear gas to disperse protesters but thousands remain.
2014-09-28