Hong Kong Families Form Peaceful Human Chains Ahead of Airport Protest

Hong Kong Families Form Peaceful Human Chains Ahead of Airport Protest
Protesters hold hands to form a human chain during a rally to call for political reforms in Hong Kong's Central district, China on Aug. 23, 2019. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
|Updated:

HONG KONG—Thousands of chanting Hong Kong protesters joined hands to form human chains on Aug. 23 in a peaceful protest, with almost three months of anti-government demonstrations showing no sign of let-up across the Chinese-ruled territory.

Demonstrators, families young and old, some people masked, some using hand wipes to stay clean, linked hands across different districts as others held up banners thanking overseas nations for supporting “freedom and democracy” in Hong Kong.