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Extradition bill protesters hold ‘marathon petition’, calling at Hong Kong consulates of G20 nations, ahead of Osaka summit
- About 1,500 people, split up into three groups, deliver petitions to diplomatic missions across city
- Protesters aim to raise international attention for extradition bill saga, having also crowdfunded advertisements in international press
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Hundreds of protesters were out on Wednesday to draw international attention to their campaign against Hong Kong’s now-suspended extradition bill, petitioning one foreign consulate after another in a marathon march ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka this weekend.
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Organisers said about 1,500 people turned out, from different age groups and mostly dressed in black. They gathered at Chater Garden in Central before 9am, following an action plan that had been floated online for three days.
About HK$6.7 million (US$858,000) was raised in 11 hours on Tuesday by more than 22,000 people on a crowdfunding platform to run advertisements in foreign newspapers in a bid to take the protesters’ case to the international community.
According to organisers of the fundraising campaign, advertisements will be run in the Financial Times, The New York Times and at least 10 other newspapers in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America in the coming days.
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor continues to keep a low profile to avoid protests ahead of the G20 summit in Osaka this weekend.
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