The victims of the worst mass carried out by colombias far rebels are now being buried 17 years on. So Hong Kongs High Court has ruled the emergency law which band face masks worn by prodemocracy protesters is unconstitutional you remember chief executive carrie lamb announce the ban back in october as she tried to stem the violence the thing is that actually dates back to British Colonial era law the court has ruled it incompatible with the basic law of today the ban of face masks only inflame the situation though there was an escalation in protests and violence and destruction in fact on monday right police surrounded a University Campus after protesters who were holed up inside threw petrol bombs and then shot arrows at them and then just. Hostile police have started to arrest a number of protesters who are trying to leave that campus were going to talk to sarah clarke in hong kong in just a moment but 1st this is her report on how the standoff unfolded. With parts of the Polytechni
Purchase outside a court in barcelona as the catalan regional leader goes on trial. So Hong Kongs High Court has ruled the emergency law that banned face masks worn by the prodemocracy protesters is in fact unconstitutional chief executive carol lam she used a British Colonial era legislation to impose that ban back in october but the court said its incompatible with hong kongs basic law the band to be fair only inflamed the situation as well with an escalation in protests violence and destruction on monday riot police surrounded the University Campus after the protesters who were holed up inside there through petrol bombs and even shot arrows at them police have now started to arrest a number of protesters whove been trying to leave that campus where Chinas Foreign Ministry has spoken as well. Says it supports the actions of the police but we dont usually do the media i dont know if youve been following closely the developments in hong kong if you havent if you are viewing the facts w
Joining us live from hong kong so whats happening there now rob still holed up at the university. Absolutely elizabeth this siege goes into monday evening here we are on the outside of this campus its incomplete police lockdown the records on all of the entrances and exits but there have been activity throughout the day a number of students have come out there have been mass arrests and even into this evening we are getting various developments we noticed in the last half hour that in fact some medical teams have been arriving at this particular exit from the campus and it does seem as though possibly some of the students who were been injured because we do know there have been injuries in all of the intense fighting thats going on in the past couple of days it does look as though potentially one or 2 of them are coming out are getting treatment but would also presumably apart from getting treatment would also be facing arrest because the police are determined that all of the people th
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