Occupy Central civil disobedience founder Benny Tai, a law professor at the University of Hong Kong, along with co-founders Chan Kin-man, a professor of sociology at Chinese University and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, announced their decision to surrender to the police. The founders of Hong Kong's Occupy Central civil disobedience movement called on pro-democracy activists to pull back from the city's main protest site next to government headquarters and said they will surrender to police. In a counter move, student leader Joshua Wong and two others start a hunger strike, raising the ante in the long-running protest.
Students read books in their tents at the pro-democracy movement's main protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong. The leader of the student pro-democracy group Scholarism, Joshua Wong and two other student demonstrators went on hunger strike.
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Pro-democracy activists Benny Tai (L) holds the hands with Chu Yiu-ming (not pictured) at the end of a press conference. The three original founders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Occupy movement tearfully announced they would "surrender" by turning themselves into police.
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- Occupy Central civil disobedience founder Benny Tai (C), a law professor at the University of Hong Kong, along with co-founders Chan Kin-man (L), a professor of sociology at Chinese University and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, join hands during a news conference on their voluntary surrender to the police. The founders of Hong Kong's Occupy Central civil disobedience movement on Tuesday called on pro-democracy activists to pull back from the city's main protest site next to government headquarters and said they will surrender to police.
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- Pro-democracy activist Chu Yiu-ming sheds a tear during a press conference. The three original founders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy Occupy movement tearfully announced they would "surrender" by turning themselves into police and urged protesters still on the streets to retreat.
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- A woman carrying an umbrella is seen at the pro-democracy movement's main protest site. The leader of the student pro-democracy group Scholarism, Joshua Wong and two other student demonstrators went on hunger strike.
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- A cardboard cut-out of Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) carrying a yellow umbrella is seen at the pro-democracy movement's main protest site.
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- A folded Chinese flag is seen at the pro-democracy movement's main protest site. The leader of the student pro-democracy group Scholarism, Joshua Wong and two other student demonstrators went on hunger strike on December 1, raising the stakes after one of the worst nights of violence to hit the demonstrations.
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- Student leader Joshua Wong wipes his eye during his hunger strike. A prominent Hong Kong teen protest leader said Monday he's going on a hunger strike after a failed attempt by pro-democracy activists to step up their flagging movement for democratic reforms by surrounding government headquarters.
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- Joshua Wong C(), the teenage face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, carries his belongings towards his tent at the movement's main protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong. Wong and two other student demonstrators went on hunger strike .
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- A man take pictures with his phone at the pro-democracy movement's main protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong .
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