“Don’t feel lonely, dad and mom will support you,” read one of many handwritten messages held aloft at a “Hong Kong Mothers” rally Friday. “Our hearts ache for the young protesters and our society torn apart,” she said in a speech to the crowd of mostly women. But her invitation later in the week to meet behind closed doors was rebuffed by student unions at two Hong Kong universities as insincere and a publicity gimmick. Many saw the proposed legislation as a threat to the rights guaranteed to Hong Kong under the “one country, two systems” framework that governs it. One protester charged in a siege of police headquarters on June 21 appeared in court Friday, Hong Kong media reported.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 06, 2019 01:18 UTC