H.K. Democracy Protesters Mark Month as They Face Impasse
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Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters will this evening mark a month since police used tear gas in a failed attempt to disperse them, as leaders debate whether to reopen discussions with the government.
Protesters are urged to turn up wearing goggles, face masks and yellow umbrellas to mark a moment of silence at 5:57 p.m. local time, when police shot the first of 87 tear-gas cannisters in the Admiralty district on Sept. 28, according to a posting on the Facebook page of Occupy Central with Love and Peace, one of the movement’s leading groups.