Ten weeks and the event in Hong Kong does not give in | …

After the second day of protests at Hong Kong airport, local authorities announced the suspension of several flights. According to the government, the protests led the city on a "road without return", after hundreds of black-clad protesters returned to the terminal's facilities with posters and chins, chanting slogans.

"All the check-in services for outgoing flights were suspended after 4:30 pm (5:30 pm in Argentina)," says a statement from the airport's headquarters, which also asks pbadengers to leave the terminal. "Other departure and arrival flights will continue to operate", but without specifying under what conditions. On Monday, a similar demonstration resulted in the cancellation of 300 flights.

In the face of the conflict, China has issued the most severe warning since the beginning of the mobilizations, ten weeks ago, through videos broadcast by official means, in which you can see the police forces gathered at the police station. border of the region. apparently ready to repress and clean up conflict areas.

The former British colony is undergoing the worst political crisis since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Driven by the rejection of a bill allowing extradition to China, protests in Hong Kong extended their demands by denouncing a decline in freedoms and freedoms. individual rights and, in turn, increasing interference from the Chinese government.

Monday, the first day of protests at the airport, more than 5,000 people invaded the terminal to report police violence. Beijing-appointed Hong Kong government chief Carrie Lam warned of the dangerous consequences of protests. "The violence, whether it is of use or justification, will lead Hong Kong on a road without return and will plunge the society in a very worrying and dangerous situation," said the president on Tuesday. a press conference. "The situation in Hong Kong last week made me fear that we could reach this dangerous situation," he added.

Lam defended the police action which, according to her, is based on solid guidelines. "The police make decisions at specific times to defend the safety of people, you can not say they did wrong," he said. "We have heard many hate speeches against the police, which is not good for Hong Kong," he added.

His statements, however, failed to stop the thousands of protesters who returned Tuesday to the airport, one of the busiest in the world, with 74 million pbadengers a year. Protesters hardened the protest by barricading baggage trolleys that blocked the aisles leading to the terminal boarding areas.

"Defend Hong Kong! Defend Freedoms!" Shouted protesters by sticking vinyl on the walls with the expression: "Eye for an eye!" That was the sentence that characterized the protest after a woman suffered a serious facial injury that caused her to lose sight of one eye during a demonstration on Sunday night. In fact, several protesters presented one of their eyes covered with a bandage.

The local police chief, Stephen Lo, simply indicated in the afternoon that he was closely following the situation at the airport, after asking if they were planning to disperse the demonstrators. According to the Chinese state newspaper Overall timesthe police considered the use of force depending on the circumstances at the airport.

At night, outside the terminal, a group of riot police used pepper spray against some Protestants while trying to escort two men (according to activists, spies infiltrators) for that purpose. 39, they are transferred by ambulance. Hundreds of protesters blocked the pbadage of the agents, which led the police to clean the street with pepper spray and arrest at least two people.

Chinese official media described the protesters as "gangsters" and threatened strong intervention by the security forces. The movement, which is increasingly radicalized, is an unprecedented challenge for the central government, which said on Monday that it has witnessed "manifestations of terrorism" during demonstrations.

Various officials and international organizations demonstrated against the conflict. Amnesty International has called on the police to "stem" to prevent further escalation of violence in response to the use of tear gas and rubber bullets. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said she was concerned about the crackdown on demonstrations and called for an "impartial investigation" into the former colony British.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he hoped that "no one would be hurt, nobody would be killed," in the midst of the new demonstrations. "The situation in Hong Kong is a difficult situation," the president told reporters in New Jersey.

The president also mentioned the mobilization of Chinese troops in the territory, according to information from US intelligence. "Our intelligence services have informed us that the Chinese government is moving troops to the border with Hong Kong – everyone must remain calm and safe!" Said Trump via Twitter.