This archive report was first published on 3 August 2019.
On the ninth consecutive weekend, thousands of protesters gathered in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district, defying China's stern warnings and escalating their demands for greater democracy.
Opposition groups have planned further demonstrations for Sunday and a city-wide strike for Monday, with some protesters now calling for the resignation of Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam.
Beijing and the Chinese army have issued warnings about the growing unrest, but two months of demonstrations sparked by a controversial extradition bill show no signs of abating.
The mass protests began in March over the bill, which would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, and although the government has suspended it, demonstrators want the bill fully withdrawn.
Protesters gathered in Mong Kok, a district where violent clashes took place during pro-democracy protests in 2014, and walked past a designated end point for their march, chanting slogans and calling on people to join the planned strike on Monday.
Volunteers handed out masks, hard hats, bottled water, and pre-paid subway tickets to marchers, while many businesses along the route closed their doors.
A group of demonstrators blocked access to the Cross Harbour Tunnel, causing traffic chaos, and others set up makeshift barricades on shopping streets.
On Friday, a group of civil servants, ordered to be politically neutral, joined demonstrations in their thousands, and on Saturday, a group of supporters of Hong Kong's police force gathered for a rally in Victoria Park.
