Protesters Stay Holed Up in Hong Kong Campus, Surrounded by Riot Police

Protesters are taken by paramedics to ambulances from the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) after being barricaded inside for days, in the Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on Nov. 20, 2019. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images

HONG KONG—Fewer than 100 protesters remained holed up in a Hong Kong university on Nov. 21 as riot police encircled the campus, with some activists desperately searching for ways to escape while others hid.

Some protesters told Reuters they were holding out not for a showdown with police, but because they were innocent and looking for an escape route.