Hong Kong protesters block city roads

Tens of thousands of protesters swelled demonstrations in Hong Kong’s main districts pressing for free and open elections.

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Protesters put on goggles and wrap themselves in clear wrap after hearing a rumour that police were coming with tear gas outside the Hong Kong Government Complex.

Published on Mon Sep 29 2014

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Tens of thousands of protesters swelled in Hong Kong’s main districts pressing for free and open elections and the resignation of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, even as one of their leaders set a deadline for the gatherings to end.

The main protest area near the government’s main office in the Admiralty district swelled with demonstrators, who blanketed the main road feeding the business district. The movement, kick- started by students on Sept. 26, led to violent clashes yesterday with police, who used tear gas to disperse crowds.

Thousands of demonstrators, many of them students wearing black t-shirts, were sitting down on Hennessy Road, which winds through Causeway Bay, to the east of the main protest area. In Mong Kok, on the other side of Victoria Harbour, thousands more protesters took up positions in one of the city’s most bustling shopping districts.

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Pro-democracy protesters flood the Central financial district in Hong Kong Monday.

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Riot police use pepper spray against protesters after thousands of people block a main road to the financial central district outside the government headquarters.

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Protesters rest on a main road in the financial central district after riot police used tear gas against them as thousands of people blocked the road in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

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Protesters pour water over the head of a fellow demonstrator during riots that followed a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protesters demonstrate in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014.

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Protesters walk through tear gas used by riot police against protesters after thousands of people blocked a main road at the financial central district in Hong Kong, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014.

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Police confront protesters in Hong Kong during a demonstration on September 28, 2014.