HONG KONG - Claims of Police Brutality Threaten to Escalate the Hong Kong Protests

In a case that has shocked Hong Kong and inflamed tensions in a city now in its third week of mass pro-democracy protests, six police officers have been caught on video kicking and beating a prominent political activist....

Hong Kong Officials and Protesters Agree on Talks on Democracy

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s government and the
student groups responsible for huge protests that have
attracted worldwide attention agreed on Tuesday
to hold negotiations on the future of democracy here,
but some students immediately expressed
disappointment at the narrow range
of the planned discussions....

Hong Kong ...as the window for reconciliation appears to be narrowing

A bold rally of tens of thousands of people mobilized in Hong Kong Saturday night, just hours after the region’s Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying issued a cease-and-desist order to protesters occupying some of the territory’s busiest districts....

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....Hong Kong. It might not be as bad as what's happening in Iraq or Syria, but the injustice taking place in the city is still shocking

This weekend, tens of thousands of peaceful protesters in Hong Kong were dispersed by the city’s police force on an unprecedented scale...