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Hong Kong protesters denied Beijing flight

BBC News - November 15, 2014

Hong Kong protesters carry out 'yellow ribbon' march – BBC News. November 9, 2014
Protesters in Guy Fawkes masks clash with police in first scuffles in two weeks – ABC Radio Australia. November 6, 2014
Vast majority of Hong Kong activists say they will fight on for a year – Reuters. October 29, 2014
Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement vote called off – Sydney Morning Herald. October 27, 2014
Protesters in Hong Kong to vote on government proposals – Reuters. October 24, 2014

Three pro-democracy protest leaders from Hong Kong have been stopped from boarding a plane to Beijing. The three had hoped to meet China's leaders as part of their push for greater democracy, but were told their travel permits were invalid.

Protesters have been camped out on the streets of the territory since late September. They want Beijing to allow more candidates to stand in the territory's next leadership election in 2017.

The group were mobbed at the airport by fellow democracy activists, who unfurled yellow umbrellas – a symbol of Hong Kong's democracy movement. They were led by Alex Chow, who heads the Hong Kong Federation of Students.

An editorial in China's state-run Global Times, written before the activists were stopped at the airport, said the group would have had little chance of meeting Chinese leaders. Hong Kong's Occupy Central movement had "failed", the editorial concluded.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30067035.