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Hong Kong protester allegedly beaten at Chinese consulate in UK
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/17/uk/manchester-chinese-consulate-protesters-intl-hnk
Hong Kong protester allegedly beaten at Chinese consulate in UK
By Jessie Yeung, Angus Watson and Jake Kwon, CNN
Updated 4:07 AM EDT, Mon October 17, 2022
CNN — Activists and lawmakers in the United Kingdom are demanding an investigation after a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester was allegedly beaten on the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester.
A pro-democracy group called Hong Kong Indigenous Defence Force had staged a protest outside the consulate in the northern city on Sunday, in opposition to the Chinese Communist Party Congress happening the same day in Beijing.
Video of the incident shared widely on social media shows a confrontation breaking out on the sidewalk outside the consulate, with loud shouts heard as people rush towards the gated entrance. The video then appears to show one Hong Kong protester being dragged through the gate into the consulate grounds and beaten by a group of men.
The video appears to show local police entering the grounds of the consulate to break up the violence.
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By Jessie Yeung, Angus Watson and Jake Kwon, CNN
Updated 4:07 AM EDT, Mon October 17, 2022
CNN — Activists and lawmakers in the United Kingdom are demanding an investigation after a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester was allegedly beaten on the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester.
A pro-democracy group called Hong Kong Indigenous Defence Force had staged a protest outside the consulate in the northern city on Sunday, in opposition to the Chinese Communist Party Congress happening the same day in Beijing.
Video of the incident shared widely on social media shows a confrontation breaking out on the sidewalk outside the consulate, with loud shouts heard as people rush towards the gated entrance. The video then appears to show one Hong Kong protester being dragged through the gate into the consulate grounds and beaten by a group of men.
The video appears to show local police entering the grounds of the consulate to break up the violence.
[...]