Protests on the streets of Hong Kong
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
This week has seen the biggest protests on the streets of Hong Kong since Britain handed the former colony back to China in 1997. Demonstrators are angry at a proposed new law which would allow extradition to mainland China for trial. As Danny Vincent reports it's considered by many in Hong Kong to be the latest example of the erosion of freedoms that Hong Kong was guaranteed during the handover. As Pride events take place all over the world this month to recognise the impact of LGBT communities and to highlight on going campaigns for equal rights, Yolande Knell reports on Pride in Israel. There are demonstrations in the heart of Europe too. Rob Cameron reports from the streets of the Czech capital, Prague where there have been protests against the prime minister. What should happen to the Chagos Islands and its former citizens now Britain has been told by the UN to hand the territory back to Mauritius? Rosie Blunt has been talking to members of the Chagossian community living in the UK. And Monica Whitlock meets a family in eastern Kazakhstan preparing for a funeral feast.
Presenter: Kate Adie Producer: Caroline Bayley
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Celebration but not universal for Pride Month, we hear of LGBT partying and protest in Israel. More protest in the Czech Republic, the target is a billionaire |
| 0:16.2 | businessman who happens to be Prime Minister. What happens next for the Chagos Islands |
| 0:21.8 | in the Indian Ocean? We hear from its citizens living in Sussex, |
| 0:26.0 | and we go to a funeral feast for a lesson in Kazakh history. |
| 0:30.0 | They're clearing away the debris of protest from the streets of Hong Kong, after the police fired |
| 0:36.7 | rubber bullets and tear gas on thousands demonstrating against a proposed new law. This would allow extradition to the mainland for trial |
| 0:45.6 | and fundamentally undermine democratic freedoms agreed when Britain handed over the territory. |
| 0:52.0 | Hong Kongers fear dissidents and political opponents |
| 0:55.2 | would be targeted and vulnerable in China's increasingly controlling climate. |
| 1:00.9 | Danny Vincent has been watching the events on the streets. |
| 1:05.0 | It started as a peaceful demonstration on Sunday. |
| 1:09.0 | Hong Kongers marched through the narrow streets in sweltering heat. They carried banners condemning China's |
| 1:14.8 | shejing ping and the proposed law which they fear could be used to extradite Beijing's |
| 1:20.7 | political enemies. Protesters believe, if passed, any Hong Kong citizen could be targeted and extradited to mainland China to face trial. |
| 1:31.0 | In the 22 years since Britain returned Hong Kong to China, many fear |
| 1:36.3 | that the city has been slowly losing the rights it was promised. Freedom of |
| 1:41.0 | speech, freedom of assembly, an independent judicial system. |
| 1:45.0 | Many Hong Kong has hoped one day to be granted full democratic rights, |
| 1:50.0 | but this new law is seen by protesters as a clear sign that Beijing's plans are to fully integrate |
| 1:56.1 | Hong Kong into the rest of China. |
| 1:58.9 | On Wednesday, the Extradition Bill was due to have its second reading in the Hong Kong Assembly, but the young |
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