Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "تاکتیکها و روشهای اعتراضی پیرامون اعتراضات ۲۰۱۹–۲۰۲۰ هنگ کنگ" in Persian language version.
Tech-savvy protesters didn't wait for a leader to tell them how to respond. Instead, they flooded online forums with suggestions that could be voted up or down by their peers, who eventually agreed to overtake Hong Kong's international airport. Those discussion groups, like a free-wheeling digital town hall, serve as the backbone of a movement mounting an unprecedented challenge to China's increased control over the financial hub. Denied full democracy by the Communist Party in Beijing, they’ve decided to create their own.
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said all options are on the table as she tries to quell the pro-democracy demonstrations that have rocked the city for months – including invoking a colonial-era law that grants her broad powers similar to martial law. The last time it was used, in 1967, there was no internet. This time the law could be used to order the blocking of messaging apps or websites favored by protesters, or even to disrupt internet service entirely … The law was written almost a century ago and has only been invoked once – during Hong Kong's 1967 riots. That was well before the internet was created. But the authority granted specifically covers 'the control and suppression of publications, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications and means of communication.'
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)In recent weeks, the protesters’ anger has largely shifted to focus on the scale and intensity of the police response. On Monday they surrounded and vandalized several police stations, setting fires outside at least two of them … Since protesters started to increasingly target police stations this past weekend, officers have appeared to be more aggressive in making arrests. But the increased assertiveness risked further inflaming public sentiment, and at least one protest not originally scheduled for Monday was driven by anger over an earlier arrest. 'For me the most alarming thing is we’re kind of on a knife's edge here – open disrespect for the police, police stations being targeted,' Mr. Dapiran said. 'We are on the cusp of what could be a general breakdown of law and order. It hasn't gotten there yet, but the government hasn't done anything to stop it.'
On the one side are those dubbed 'brave fighters' who are up on the frontlines, building road barriers and clashing with police. On the other side is the so-called 'peaceful, rational, non-violent' camp, who want to keep confrontations to a minimum.
Throughout the past months, there have been ongoing debates among protesters as to whether the 'brave fighters' camp, who are on the frontlines and advocate more aggressive tactics, are more effective in putting pressure on the government than the so-called 'peaceful, rational, non-violent' camp, who want to keep confrontations to a minimum.
The 1989 event, three months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, generated worldwide attention. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania would gain full independence two years later, during the fall of the Soviet Union … Today, inspired by the Baltic demonstrations of 1989, thousands of protesters in Hong Kong formed 'The Hong Kong Way.'
The Hong Kong Way comes just five days after as many as 1.7 million demonstrators took to the streets in a peaceful rally on Aug. 18) — and before city gears up for another weekend of protests. The Chinese territory has seen a rare period of calm, with last weekend the first in more than two months with no tear gas fired by police.
Street protesters have found cunning ways to avoid police surveillance. By using umbrellas to shield identifying features from CCTV cameras—and in some cases using lasers, to fully derail image-capturing abilities—they have kept themselves safer from retribution.
[The study] also found the extent to which protesters agreed or strongly agreed with the saying 'the use of violence by protesters is understandable when the government fails to listen' increased from 69% to more than 90% over the summer. Only around 1% disagreed or strongly disagreed, down from 12.5% in June.
Over the past week, residents were seen out on their balconies or opening their windows to shout 'Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times', 'Ga Yao!' - a Cantonese expression of encouragement often translated as 'Add oil' - or simply vent expletives toward police and the government. The shouting, heard across the territory, is often interactive - one person starts and a chorus of others soon respond. 'Some people may think it’s naive,' said Torres Fong, 22, a Hong Kong Baptist University student who joins the shouting from his dorm room every night. 'I think its value is far higher. It shows how Hong Kongers are united in this movement and how the spirit is spread across every district. We all live in a tense political atmosphere. Shouting is a way to let out steam and keeps us focused on our core demands.'
'I joined the Hong Kong Way because it's peaceful,' said protester Peter Cheung, 27. 'This is the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way. I hope there will be a bigger chance to make an international noise.'
Some radical groups believe the only way to destroy the central government and Communist Party is by destroying the city first. They even have a term for it, lam chao, which roughly means ‘self-destruct together’, as a way to ‘liberate’ Hong Kong … [this is] a popular Cantonese slang among local extremists … Now you know why you can't appeal to rioters with the line that they are hurting the city; they want to undermine the government, destroy the economy and destabilise society."
Protesters, divided in two camps known as the 'fighters' who believe disruption and force are necessary … and a group known as the 'peaceful, rational and non-violent', have largely agreed to let the peaceful camp take the reins for the weekend.
For Friday's 'Hong Kong Way' demonstration, organisers had called for people to gather in single file along routes that roughly matched subway lines, snaking nearly 30 miles (50km) through Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories.
'Even if you’re not a Christian it’s still the anthem' of the pro-democracy movement, says Tse, who obtained his PhD from UBC and has long been watching conflict in Hong Kong … 'The hymn captures the aspirations of the protesters, in the sense they don’t want their home to be ridden with violence by police, who sometimes seem to be in an unholy alliance with triad gangs,' says Tse, author of Theological Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement (Palgrave) … Pastor Chiu says Christians are quietly working among the demonstrators, even though most in Hong Kong, Canada or Australia would not necessarily be churchgoers. Congregations are opening their doors to demonstrators who need rest and washrooms. Pastors in green vests are moving among the throngs, offering comfort.
'I joined the Hong Kong Way because it's peaceful,' said protester Peter Cheung, 27. 'This is the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way. I hope there will be a bigger chance to make an international noise.'
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said all options are on the table as she tries to quell the pro-democracy demonstrations that have rocked the city for months – including invoking a colonial-era law that grants her broad powers similar to martial law. The last time it was used, in 1967, there was no internet. This time the law could be used to order the blocking of messaging apps or websites favored by protesters, or even to disrupt internet service entirely … The law was written almost a century ago and has only been invoked once – during Hong Kong's 1967 riots. That was well before the internet was created. But the authority granted specifically covers 'the control and suppression of publications, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications and means of communication.'