Protesters tried to break into the Hong Kong Parliament to end the extradition law: "Dispersense o disparamos"

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest a controversial proposal extradition law. The rejection mobilizations have resulted in this Wednesday that the second reading of the document planned today has been postponed to a later date.

Despite the strong police presence, near the headquarters of the Legislative Council Thousands of protesters remain. In this place, the slogans against the government are felt.

Photos published by local media Morning of South China They showed the demonstrators bricks that they had taken on the sidewalks. The same source indicated that the police had deployed a flag with this advice: "Dispensesense or fire".

Although tensions have not led to serious clashes so far, many protesters have been forced to leave the legislature to go to headquarters. effects of pepper gas.

Agents are always trying to dislodge the seat and to escort legislators who had to reach the legislature to read the controversial law for the second time.

The law project

The proposed law would allow the local chief executive and the Hong Kong courts process extradition requests without prior agreement and without legislative control.

In this regard, a protester, Crystal Lee, told the Efe News Agency: "Our company works with many foreign customers and it is very important for Hong Kong to maintain the guiding principle of "one country, two systems& # 39; "

The principle allows the city to enjoy freedom of expression, badembly and social dialogue. judicial system with guarantees in theory until badimilation by China, planned for 2047.

"The rule of law is one of Hong Kong's main strengths in convincing the foreign companies to invest in the city, "he added.

Another Hong Kong businessman, Patrick L., who works for an airline, one of the sectors whose unions announced this week their joining a strike as a protest against the law, said that even if people want to join the strike "She is afraid of being fired".

Pilar Aguilera Cacho, a Spanish resident of Hong Kong, was convinced that it was "a lost battle" because "Beijing will eventually take full control". "But if you stop fighting, there will be no hope," he said.

"Of course, this seems like a blow to Hong Kong's autonomy, I'm very worried that Beijing is using it to threaten and chase down your opponents herehe condemned.

Other protesters were more optimistic and, with their hands raised and without any intention of moving, they chanted slogans such as "We were underestimated", "Fuck the police" and "Fuck China".

The communist regime embarked in 1997 – when Hong Kong's sovereignty was restored to it by London – to maintain the system left by the British until 2047, although Beijing pressure on the archipelago is gradually increasing.

Several human rights organizations, such as Amnesty International, have expressed concern that the standard "would allow defendants to be handed over to a judicial system that offers no kind of protection against political persecution. by the authorities ".