Hong Kong students announce two-week boycott of new session to continue protests

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Hong Kong student leaders today announced a two-week boycott of lectures from the upcoming start of the new session as they seek to keep protesters on the streets and pressure on the government. 

Student leaders threatened further action if the government does not adequately respond to the protesters’ five demands, which include spiking a controversial extradition bill, universal suffrage and an independent inquiry into alleged police abuses during the protests. 

Acting president of the Hong Kong University Students’ Union, Davin Wong said  that two weeks should be enough for the government to really think how to respond.

Students have featured prominently in the weeks of protests that have rocked Hong Kong. The demonstrations were sparked by an attempt by the city’s government to bring in a bill that would have allowed for extradition to China. 

But they quickly morphed into a wider pro-democracy campaign, in a city where young people are boxed in by the soaring cost of living and worsening job prospects.