Hong Kong's leader has personally apologized after more than a week of mass protests but stopped short of offering her resignation, one of the protesters' demands.
Hong Kong's leader personally apologized after more than a week of mass protests but stopped short of offering her resignation, one of the protesters' demands.
Critics say it risks the city being drawn into mainland China's legal system, which human rights groups say is rife with abuses and is used to silence dissenters.saying that she apologized, and announcing that legislative debates around the law would be postponed. At a demonstration last Wednesday a small number of the protesters clashed with police, who in turn fired tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets into the crowd.
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