in what later came to be called the Umbrella Movement, a Hong Kong man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for wearing a t-shirt reading: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times." ...

A former student leader of the 2014 Occupy movement, Wong had been grilled on his party Demosisto’s founding mission to strive for Hong Kong’s “self-determination”. The party had also ...

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Illuminated under a spotlight at London’s British Museum, hand-drawn sketches of Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement are part of a new exhibition on dissent that offers a rare glimpse of the ...

The pro-democracy protest that occupied parts of central Hong Kong for 79 days became known as the Umbrella Movement. Five years later, umbrellas were out in force again on Wednesday as thousands ...

A memorial ceremony was held for two ... might be lost completely," says one protester. In 2014, Hong Kong was engulfed by the Umbrella Movement -- massive street protests calling for electoral ...

April 2019: A Hong Kong court convicts nine leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations known as the “Umbrella Movement.” Hong Kong judges were reportedly under pressure from China to ...

Tens of thousands occupied the streets of Hong Kong in 2014, protesting Beijing’s plan to restrict elections and using umbrellas to shield themselves from tear gas deployed by police. Alex Chow ...