Occupy Central is the name given to the protests that paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for 79 days in late 2014.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Occupy Central is the name given to the protests that paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for 79 days in late 2014.
Demonstrators demanding that China’s Communist Party leaders allow genuine universal suffrage in the Chinese-ruled city blocked roads in three important districts – Admiralty, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok – drawing more than a million people, organizers estimated.
Following are key facts about the protest and the trial.
– The so-called Occupy Central with Love and Peace civil disobedience campaign was first suggested by Benny Tai, a law professor at the University of Hong Kong, in 2013.
– Chan Kin-man, a former professor, and retired pastor Chu Yiu-ming helped Tai promote the campaign to occupy parts of Hong Kong’s business district should Beijing not allow universal suffrage in an election to select the city’s leader.
