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Livefeed: Across #HK this morning, secondary school human chain protests are taking place, calling on the govt to meet all 5 demands. Most are occurring between 7 and 8 am. facebook.com/hk.nextmedia/v… 
#HK secondary school human chain protest in Ho Man Tin, not far from Mong Kok police station where protests have been held every evening since the 8/31 police attacks on commuters in Prince Edward MTR station.
#HK secondary school human chain protest in Shatin. Many alumni, often dressed in black, are showing solidarity with the students by participating in the protests.
#HK secondary school human chain protest in Tin Shui Wai, combining students from SPHRC Kung Yik She & Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary Schools. The banner, from @demosisto, reads '100% freedom'.
@demosisto #HK secondary school human chain protest in West Kowloon: 5 schools: Ying Wa College, St Margaret's Co-ed Secondary, Tak Ching Girls' Secondary, Tsung Tsin Christian Academy, & SKH St Mary's Church Mok Hing Yiu College.
@demosisto #HK secondary school human chain protest at Cognitio College, Kowloon City: A man attacked protesting students with a knife but was prevented from injuring them by several teachers.
@demosisto #HK secondary school human chain protest in West Kowloon: a student was injured & taken to Kwong Wah hospital when someone in Tai Kok Tsui dropped a slab on him from a window above. Students raised umbrellas to protect themselves.
@demosisto #HK secondary school human chain protest in Central/Western: 5 schools participated. Afterwards, King's College students continued to protest their principal's decision last week to cover the school's #LennonWall with white paper.
@demosisto #HK secondary school human chain protest: Students on one side of the school gate face alumni on the other at a school in Tai Po. A reported 200 schools have taken part in the protest this morning, with students going to class 5 minutes late to symbolize the protesters' 5 demands
@demosisto #HK secondary school human chain protest: Check here for the most complete & up-to-date list of schools participating in this morning's protest: as of now, 188 schools in 17 different areas of HK. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
@demosisto At year-opening assembly, students at Po Leung Kuk Celine Ho Yam Tong College sing 'Do you hear the people sing?' over PRC anthem. Student rep tells students 'fight on, each in our own way' & students shout 'Liberate #HK, revolution of our times' as teachers leave auditorium.
@demosisto #HK secondary student human chain protest: Students at Holy Family Canossian College & LSK School of Creativity form human chain together along Inverness Rd near Kowloon Tong.
@demosisto #HK secondary school student human chain protest: Pooi To Middle School in Kowloon Tong.
I'm often struck by just how young some of the students look. That they're engaging in such open rebellion against oppression bodes well for HK's future.
I'm often struck by just how young some of the students look. That they're engaging in such open rebellion against oppression bodes well for HK's future.
@demosisto Meanwhile, a full week of activities in the #HK university student strike, this the schedule from CUHK. The students have given the #HK govt a deadline of this Friday, September 13 to respond positively to all 5 of protesters' demands.
@demosisto #HK secondary student human chain protest: Shun Lee Catholic Secondary & Kwun Tong Government Secondary Schools join together.
@demosisto #HK secondary student human chain protest: Students of Carmel Secondary School & SKH Holy Trinity Church Secondary School in Ho Man Tin join hands along Chung Hau St.
@demosisto #HK secondary student human chain protest: 5 schools in Kowloon Tong joined hands together: Wong Fut Nam College, Jockey Club Govt Secondary School, Bishop Hall Jubilee School, Maryknoll Convent School & La Salle College.
@demosisto #HK secondary student human chain protest: Students of TWGHs Chen Zao Men College in Kwai Chung, New Territories.
@demosisto #HK secondary student human chain protest: Students of St Paul's College, St Stephen's College & St Anthony's School in Central.
@demosisto #HK Professional Teachers Union condemns call by DAB (HK's biggest pro-CCP party) to install CCTV in classrooms & establish a 'supervisors association' to report students & teachers to the Education Bureau. facebook.com/hkptunion/phot…
Two compilation videos of #HK secondary school human chain protests this morning involving upwards of 188 schools. Here, the first, and in the following tweet, the second.
Second of two video compilations of #HK secondary student human chain protests this morning. (The first is in the previous tweet.)
#HK secondary student human chain protests: Students & alumni of Carmel Pak U Secondary in Tai Po, in solidarity with students & alumni arrested in recent protests.
It's not just secondary students doing the human chain protest today: Hundreds of CityU & BaptistU students have as well, all the way down Tat Chee Ave & Cornwall St. See the video here: news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…
#HK secondary student human chain protest: St Mary's Canossian College, Tsim Sha Tsui.
#HK secondary student human chain protest: A collage from various schools.
People obviously dig these photos of boys and girls not wanting to touch each other....
People obviously dig these photos of boys and girls not wanting to touch each other....
Fast-motion video of 9-school human chain protest in Kowloon City on 9/9. The ‘Liberate #HK, revolution of our times’ flag is passed all down the line & at the end, all shout, ‘All 5 demands, not one less!’
Where is #LadyLiberty now? She’s travelled from CUHK to Chater Garden & now HKU, where a rally was held today as part of the 2nd week of the #HK university strike.
#HK secondary students human chain protest: the 5-school Central/Western protest, St Stephen’s, King’s College, Ying Wa Girls’, St Stephen’s Girls’ & St Paul’s.
#HK secondary school human chain protest: 10 schools in Tsz Wan Shan form a 2.2-kilometer human chain, probably the longest of the day. (They also got a shot of a boy & girl actually holding hands.)
#HK secondary school human chain protest: Heep Yunn School in To Kwa Wan
