Im rebecca ridges welcome to the program hong kong is being rocked by another weekend of prodemocracy demonstrations fears of an imminent crackdown by chinese authorities as stoking tensions after nightfall police began fanning out on the streets and chasing down protest is Chinese State media have been condemning the process for protesters actions as the beginning of terrorism meanwhile thousands of probation supporters have gathered at a rally on the other side of the city they calling for an end to the violent protests which broken out over the past 3 months. Devotees Charlotte Charles until joins us now from Hong Kong China whats the situation where you are right now. Record right now im outside Police Station where youre on tonight a small group of protesters gathered this is something that weve seen night up tonight as part of this protest movement protesters gathering outside Police Stations demanding the release of that activists whove been arrested over the past few weeks now
And in the very 1st match of the new season the defending champions behind munich suffer a bit of a shock. Im calm aspen welcome to the program. Tens of thousands of protesters in hong kong kept up their pressure on saturday with a nother weekend of prodemocracy demonstrations fears of an imminent crackdown by the chinese authorities have stoked tensions but saturdays protests were largely peaceful meanwhile thousands of pro beijing supporters gathered at another rally where they called for an end to the violence to w. s Charlotte Chelsea hill has been following those protests in hong kong and as she reports now the governments opponents are becoming ever more inventive increasing their dissent. Its a startling visual reminder of the power of paper and pen face clashes this week left many concerns that message was being eclipsed by violence. But step away from the protest front lines of the scale of peaceful dissent becomes clear. This train station now an ever growing testimony to the
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