Many activists chose to leave the site peacefully, but the overall mood was one of defiance as protesters chanted: "We will be back".īanners bearing the words "We'll be back" were draped around the site where protesters had camped out. Police cleared most of the main pro-democracy protest site, arresting the few remaining activists, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations that have blocked key roads in the Chinese-controlled city. A pro-democracy demonstrator wearing a mask gestures by holding his three middle fingers up during a sit-in outside government headquarters Dale de la Rey/AFP Pro-democracy supporters give The Hunger Games salute outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters Demonstrators show The Hunger Games-style deviance as police clear the main protest site in the Admiralty district Dale de la Rey/AFP Katniss gives a three-fingered salute in "The Hunger Games" to symbolise rebellion against totalitarian rule Lionsgate The gesture was also used in Thailand this year during protests against the military regime. In the books and films, the salute symbolises rebellion against totalitarian rule. Defiant pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong have adopted the three-fingered salute given by Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.
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