Thousands of people in Hong Kong have been protesting for weeks for their ‘five demands’ – including the end to the extradition bill, which has been dropped, but would have allowed Hong Kong criminals who committed a crime in China to be extradited there, comprimising Hong Kong’s autonomous agreement with China.
The bill has been declared ‘dead’ by Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam but the protests encapsulate a greater theme of Hong Kong people wanting more of a say over their laws.
Having started over three months ago, the pro-democracy demonstrations have turned more dangerous recently, with a teenager being shot on Friday night and protesters defying a new law not to wear masks.
Karen Chu, a Christian student in Hong Kong told Premier: “When there’s demonstrations going on, the best thing to do is just stay home.”
Karen has not been involved in the protests but said: “At the beginning there are quite a lot of Christians that were going out and singing the song ‘Sing Hallelujah to the Lord’, or otherwise participating, but recently they got a lot more violent and so most of the Christians I know have not been going out and doing those things.
“I do know some people that have escalated their actions as these protests escalate, but I think most Christians decided that this has gone too violent and illegal and they don’t want to take part too much in it. We still…
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