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04 October 2019

A move that instead of defusing the protest is helping to inflame it. Thousands of people poured into the streets of downtown and other areas of Hong Kong after the ban on the use of masks in the marches announced by governor Carrie Lam, urging full mobilization.

Challenging the actual ban at midnight, the protesters are confronting police in riot gear at Wong Tai Sin and Sha Tin (in Sheung Wo Che road there are barricades and fires), while in the center there are clashes and blockades between Nathan road and Argyle street.

Beijing defends the ban: "Necessary"
China considered the ban on wearing masks in the streets decided by Hong Kong to be "extremely necessary", stating that "the chaos that reigns there cannot" not continue indefinitely "." The time has come to end the violence adopting a clearer attitude and more effective measures, "said Chinese official spokesman Yang Guang. "The current chaos in Hong Kong cannot continue indefinitely," he said after four months of unprecedented protests in the former British colony.

The governor's announcement
The ban on the use of masks in marches and demonstrations in public places will be operational in Hong Kong from Saturday midnight, as governor Carrie Lam announced at a press conference, accompanied by 16 ministers from her cabinet. "A move that we discussed this morning and which we believe is necessary," Lam said, recalling the special procedure followed to deal with "a real emergency".

As anticipated yesterday, the prohibition for protesters to wear masks on the occasion of "illegal and unauthorized demonstrations" is introduced with the aim of ending four months of demonstrations. The move uses a law dating back to the colonial era that had not been applied since 1967.