• Protests in Hong Kong: Chaos with barricade on fire, tear gas and Molotov cocktails
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At least five people remain in serious condition after Saturday night clashes between some violent protesters and the Police in Hong Kong, sources of health services cited by local RTHK television have reported. The source indicates that 31 people were hospitalized last night, of which 18 had been discharged at 08.00 local time (02.00 Spanish time), while another 8 continue to receive medical treatment, although they remain stable.

A police charge at Prince Edward station has left several injured, according to RTHK, while civilian agents have fired several airborne warning shots at Victoria Park . Police and protesters have met at various points in the semi-autonomous city on a day when thousands of people have challenged the police ban on demonstrating on the fifth anniversary of the decision of the Chinese authorities not to allow universal and free suffrage for elect the head of the Hong Kong Government, the germ of the Umbrella Revolution .

The fighting began in the afternoon but lasted well into the night, and first they were limited to Causeway Bay and Wan Chai , although later they were extended by Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok . Police once again turned to tear gas and water cannons , while protesters threw Molotov cocktails and set fire to makeshift barricades.

A protest has been called for Sunday to try to cut off access to the airport and a rally in front of the British Consulate in Hong Kong, in which they will press London to declare the 1984 Chinese-Birtanic Declaration unfulfilled . After recovering the sovereignty of the territory of British hands in 1997, and under the formula One country, two systems , the Chinese Government undertook to maintain the autonomy of Hong Kong and to respect until 2047 a series of freedoms that citizens of Mainland China

The protests began last March in opposition to a controversial proposed extradition law that, according to lawyers and activists, could have allowed Beijing to access "fugitives" refugees in the British excolonia. The demonstrations have mobilized hundreds of thousands of people since June and have left violent clashes between some protesters and the police, who have been accused of abuse of power when deterring protests.

Although at the beginning of July the Hong Kong authorities declared this bill "dead", the protesters demand that it be officially withdrawn and have expanded their demands with the aim of improving the democratic mechanisms of the city and, in short, opposing Chinese authoritarianism.

For its part, Beijing says that behind the protests there is a "black hand" and points to "US forces" as responsible.

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