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Pro-democracy protesters blocked passengers departing from various locations at Hong Kong airport on Tuesday, again protesting police violence in the aftermath of the cancellation of hundreds of flights following their mobilization. Faced with this new mobilization, the airport of Hong Kong has suspended its departures for all its flights.
The protesters blocked the aisles leading to the embarkation areas of the two terminals, but dozens of passengers nevertheless managed to pass. " I support your cause [...] but I have to go see my family, " shouted a man surrounded by protesters dressed in black, the emblematic color of the movement, who prevented him from reaching the security controls leading to the area. international. The Hong Kong airport authorities have therefore suspended all registration procedures and then flights departing from the international airport.
Second blockage in two days
The latter used baggage carts to block access from an elevator and descending escalator to the security screening area. They then formed a human chain, holding each other's elbows to prevent passengers from passing.
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In two days, this is the second time that pro-democracy protesters block terminals . What was originally a three-day sit-in (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to report on the situation in Hong Kong turned Monday, Aug. 12, into a tide of protesters against police violence.
Mobilization at Queen Elisabeth Hospital
The Queen Elisabeth Hospital staff also organized a sit-in at the entrance of the hotel. Dozens of doctors, nurses, nurses in uniform each showing a red sign, written in white, Cantonese and English: " Attempted police to kill Hong Kong citizens ."
For a doctor interviewed by our special envoy Christophe Paget , their job is health, the well-being of Hong Kong. This doctor adds that they can not accept this brutality of the police, in very big increase since the beginning of the demonstrations, which culminated Sunday evening with the wound with the eye of a girl. She was reportedly shot by the police force.
In fact, the hospital staff sees increasingly severe injuries inflicted on the demonstrators but also on ordinary passersby: many traumatic brain injuries, fractures, people burned in the face by gas, not to mention of course psychological sequelae. And this emergency doctor is sorry that since mid-June, fewer and fewer people injured during demonstrations come to the hospital for fear of being arrested by the police. " We are going towards a humanitarian crisis, " he told me, " sooner or later there will be deaths. Carrie Lam (the head of the executive) must act .
Carrie Lam still validates police action
Carrie Lam at a press conference this morning again validated the action of the Hong Kong police. A police force that no longer protects and allies with the triads, according to a Hong Kong human rights organization that was holding a press conference on the afternoon of August 13th. His spokesman says that the police hide their identification number to avoid being prosecuted when they use excessive force or conceal evidence about the protesters.
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A lawyer who deals with arrested protesters explains that they were prevented from any way of defending their clients, speaking of a real hatred towards the protesters. The message being: stop demonstrating, we can do what we want.