United Nations Expresses Concerns About Deteriorating Situation at Hong Kong Campus

Medics lead away protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Nov. 20, 2019. Laurel Chor/Getty Images

The United Nations is calling on Hong Kong authorities to address the humanitarian crisis in the city’s Polytechnic University (PolyU).

Rubert Colville, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the situation at the university was “clearly deteriorating” and urged the local authorities to “facilitate a peaceful solution,” according to a Nov. 19 press briefing.