I married to evanston its good to have you with us tens of thousands of prodemocracy activists in hong kong are defying the newly introduced ban on wearing face masks during protests thats despite a legal setback prodemocracy lawmakers attempted to overturn the ban but that was rejected by Hong Kongs High Court the territorys chief executive kerri lam imposed a colonial era emergency law and face mask ban on friday angry protesters have clashed with police in response authorities fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. Spontaneity is the thing that is following developments in hong kong and he joins us now for the latest so. The court has now rejected the challenge to the emergency law so how have protesters been responding to that decision. Well protesters are out again today where you have seen some of the pictures and it has been pretty much the same as in the other weekends protesters coming out in big numbers in the beginning clashes erupt Police Firing tear gas i have witnessed se
Elect a new parliament it looks like more voters than ever could throw their support behind outsider candidates as dissatisfaction with mainstream parties grows. I married to evanston its good to have you with us. Tens of thousands of prodemocracy activists in hong kong are defying a newly introduced ban and wearing face masks during protests thats despite a legal setback prodemocracy lawmakers attempted to have the ban overturned but that was rejected by Hong Kongs High Court the territorys chief executive kerri lam imposed a colonial era emergency law and face mask ban on friday angry protesters have clashed with police in response of 40 is fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. Correspondent mathias building is following developments in hong kong and he joins us now for the latest so. The court has now rejected the challenge to the emergency law so how have protesters been responding to that decision. Protesters are out again today where you have seen some of the pictures and it has
I married to evanston its good to have you with us for a 2nd day tens of thousands of prodemocracy activists in hong kong are defining a newly introduced ban on wearing face masks angry protesters clashed with police and in response authorities fired tear gas to disperse the crowds the territorys chief executive kerry lamb imposed the ban on face masks on friday an attempt by prodemocracy lawmakers to get it overturned was rejected by Hong Kongs High Court on sunday. Or earlier i spoke to correspondent mathias building in hong kong he says the mask ban introduced friday and the courts decision to uphold Emergency Powers has failed to solve the violence still. Between police and protesters. While protesters are out again today where you have seen some of the pictures and it has been pretty much the same as in the other weekends protesters coming out in big numbers in the beginning and clashes erupt Police Firing tear gas i have witnessed several dozens of rounds of tear gas the amounts
American evanston its good to have you with us we begin in hong kong where prodemocracy lawmakers have suffered a setback in the Territories High Court the judge dismissed their bid to get an injunction against a ban on face masks warning demonstrations protesters reacted to finally with more marches in Hong Kong Central Business District which later descended into another night of violence. Tens of thousands of prodemocracy protesters continue to defy a ban on face masks on sunday carol lam hong kongs governor had introduced the ban on the colonial era state of Emergency Powers in hopes of curbing months of unrest prodemocracy lawmakers again went to the high court on sunday morning seeking an injunction against the ban they argued the Emergency Powers bypass legislature and contravene the citys constitution today is about 40. 1st system rule of law i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all but a senior judge dismissed the case that only
To new ships go to the polls to elect a new parliament it looks like more voters than ever could throw their support behind outsider candidates and dissatisfaction with mainstream parties grows. By marrying the evanston its good to have you with us for a 2nd day tens of thousands of prodemocracy activists in hong kong define a newly introduced ban on wearing face masks angry protesters clashed with police and in response authorities fired tear gas to disperse the crowds an attempt by prodemocracy lawmakers to get the facemask ban overturned was rejected by Hong Kongs High Court the territorys chief executive kerri lam imposed emergency law and a facemask ban on friday. Earlier i spoke to correspondent has been a whos in hong kong he says the mask ban introduced friday has failed to solve the violent stalemate between police and protesters. And the government from the beginning has left it to the police to try to end these protests this has clearly not worked and we have seen an escalat