Timeline of Hong Kong protests

Feb: Hong Kong Security Bureau proposes amendments to extradition laws to allow citizens to be sent to mainland China to face trial in courts controlled by Communist Party

Mar 31: Thousands block streets of Hong Kong in protest against proposed extradition bill

Apr 3: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam introduces amendments to extradition laws

Apr 28: Tens of thousands of people march to Hong Kong Legislative Council (left), to demand scrapping of proposed amendments

May 21: Lam says her government is determined to push bill through legislature

May 30: Security Bureau introduces concessions. Critics say they are not enough

Jun 9: More than one million take to streets in protest

Jun 12: Protests turn violent – police fire rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray. More than 70 protesters injured

Jun 15: Lam indefinitely delays proposed extradition law

Jun 16: As many as two million protesters demand complete withdrawal of bill

Jul 21: Night of violence shocks city as mob armed with batons attack people in Yuen Long metro station

Aug 13-14: Thousands of protesters occupy Hong Kong International Airport (right), blocking flights for two days

Sep 3: Police fire beanbag rounds and use pepper spray amid claims of brutality
      
Sep 4: Carrie Lam announces withdrawal of controversial extradition bill – says Beijing “understands, respects and supports” move

 
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Sources: Hong Kong Free Press, Reuters, SCMP 
Pictures: Getty Images 
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