選舉聚會突破維園禁會 防暴警催淚彈驅散 Election Rallies to Skirt Ban Disrupted by Riot Police with Tear Gas

11.2維園集會雖已被禁，不過今天下午港島及九龍仍將有四個合法集會，讓港人聯結全球17個國家48個城市，對抗政府打壓及警察暴力。當中3個中環及尖沙嘴的集會均已獲發不反對通知書；128名民主派區議會選舉候選人亦宣佈依據《選舉條例》在維園合法與選民聚會。有連登網民呼籲市民流水式參與各區活動，遍地開花成百萬人流動式集會。

由劉頴匡發起的11.2「求援國際，堅守自治」維園集會被警方反對，上訴亦被駁回，但中環有兩個集會宣布獲發不反對通知書，其中愛丁堡廣場的「美國人權法案集氣大會」今天下午5時至10時舉行，再次向國際社會表明港人希望美國參議院通過法案。遮打花園亦在下午5時至10時舉行「和理摺紙鶴」，為香港打氣。

在維港對岸，尖沙嘴柏麗大道近彌敦道與加連威老道交界的行人路今天下午3時半至晚上9時舉行的「人權民主和你Sing」活動亦獲發不反對通知書，活動目的是聲援全球抗爭。

下午2時半開始，有大批人在維園聚集，參加選舉聚會後，選民往愛丁堡廣場及遮打花園方向，參與集會。逾百防暴警察衝入維園，施放多枚催淚彈，不理候選人及市民抗議中斷合法選舉集會，武力驅散。

128 pro-democracy district council candidates said on Friday that they will hold separate election campaigns in Victoria Park from 3 pm on Saturday, in an apparent bid to skirt the need for police permission to hold a mass rally.

The candidates said they don’t need police approval for their campaign meetings, if each of them meets fewer than 50 people at a time.

This comes as the police banned a rally today at Victoria Park to call for international support for Hong Kong’s autonomy. 48 cities in 17 countries worldwide will rally in support on the same day.

2 rallies – in Edinburgh Place, for support on US Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, and Chater Garden, for peace paper cranes folding, in Central – have been given police permission and are scheduled at 5-10 pm.

One of the organisers, Ventus Lau, said they would try to keep things peaceful.

On the other side of the Victoria Harbour, the “Human Rights Democracy and Your Sing” event at the junction of Nathan Road and Granville Road near the junction of Nathan Road and Granville Road was also issued with a notice of no objection. The purpose of the event is to support global resistance.

At 2:30 pm, thousands gathered at Victoria Park. After attending the election campaign meetings, the voters tried to walk to Edinburgh Square and Chater Garden to participate in the rallies in Central. Over 100 riot police rushed into the Victoria Park and fired tear gas rounds. They ignored the protest by the candidates and the public against the interruption of legal election campaign meetings and dispelled the crowd by force.