Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong police end 12-day siege of university

The Polytechnic University stand-off is one of the more dramatic episodes in six months of unrest that began in June with protests over an extradition bill seen by many in Hong Kong as an erosion of freedoms.

100 protesters still holed up in Hong Kong university

City leader Carrie Lam said 600 people had left the Hong Kong Polytechnic campus, including 200 who are under 18-years-old.

Hong Kong police break through barricades at university

Police stormed the campus after an all-night siege that included firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons.

Hong Kong protests see renewed clashes at university

Police have used tear gas to force hundreds of protesters, some lobbing petrol bombs, to retreat behind make-shift fortifications at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.