The protests began after Chief Executive Carrie Lam tried to push the legislation through, which would have allowed some criminals to be put on trial in mainland China, a step seen by many as curbing protections in Hong Kong's legal system.

There have been two major anti-extradition-bill protests in Hong Kong—a march on June 9 that drew 1.03 million people and another on June 16 attended by 2 million who called for the bill’s full withdrawal after Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the city's top

“It is a political task that the [Beijing] central government has commanded Carrie Lam, the chief executive, to do,” said the insider, who wished to remain anonymous.

But Carrie can."

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong on Oct. 4, 2019.

As soon as any Hong Kong police is killed during the protest, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam would announce that the “riots” are getting out of control and call on Beijing to dispatch additional forces.

He added that he had called Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to encourage her to have “constructive dialogue” with the protesters.

Following massive public protests, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she suspended the proposal indefinitely. Protestors, however, weren't satisfied with Lam’s announcement, calling for her to completely withdraw the bill and step down.

After international criticism of the police use of force, Hong Kong’s top leader Carrie Lam announced on June 15 that the bill would be suspended indefinitely.

They are demanding the resignation of the city's leader, Carrie Lam, and an independent investigation into the handling of the protests.

With the emergency ordinance, “she [Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam] could do anything, this is an umbrella law.”

(Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters) The city’s leader Carrie Lam, who has refused to fully accede to demonstrators’ demands during almost six months of pro-democracy protests, said that the government will “listen to the opinions of members of the public humbly

Lam, and even keeping out mainland tourists.

Protesters want the city's embattled leader Carrie Lam to categorically withdraw the extradition bill, and an independent inquiry into the government and the police handling of the controversy.

On Oct. 3, two days after police shot and injured an 18-year-old protester, Sing Tao daily carried two editorials penned by Ho, in which he criticized the Hong Kong government for being “exceedingly soft” and urged the city’s leader Carrie Lam to ban

The bill, first proposed by the Hong Kong government in February, has been indefinitely suspended by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on June 15, following large-scale protests and public condemnation of police use of force in dispersing protesters.

"Regardless of political opinions, people in Hong Kong have already lost confidence in the government of Carrie Lam," said Mike Lam, chief executive of the AbouThai department store chain.

In Hong Kong, the Beijing-backed government has come under fire for not completely closing border crossings with mainland China, with Chief Executive Carrie Lam being accused of making a political decision in line with the Chinese regime.

While Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam announced the bill’s formal withdrawal last week, protesters have continued to stage rallies and marches, particularly to voice concerns about police tactics.

Seven organizations, including the Washington-based Freedom House and international nonprofit Access Now, recently issued a joint letter to Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemning the court ban.

The protesters have succeeded at least temporarily in winning a withdrawal of the proposal, but Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the local official most closely identified with the extradition effort, has refused protesters’ demands for her resignation.

While Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Sept. 4 announced that the bill would be formally withdrawn, meeting one of the protesters’ key demands, many Hongkongers said they would continue to advocate for their other causes, including universal suffrage in

Meanwhile, city leader Carrie Lam and her administration also spoke out swiftly after the July 14 clash, calling the protesters “rioters” and vowing to pursue them with consequences.

Continued protests have pressured Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to announce the bill’s formal withdrawal on Sept. 4.

They then demanded that Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and the senior management of the Hong Kong Police “launch an inquiry conducted by independent figures with credibility.”

Hong Kong leaders, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the police authorities, later offered an apology and explained that the police did not have a “malicious intent,” as the reason they fired the water cannon was because there was an “unruly crowd

Hong Kong Hong Kong is in the midst of unprecedented unrest, after the government led by Carrie Lam tried to launch a controversial extradition bill that would allow mainland China to transfer individuals from Hong Kong to face trial in CCP-controlled

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam suspended the bill indefinitely on June 15.

It is precisely because Hong Kongers still had a glimmer of hope for the central government that they are targeting the puppet Carrie Lam. 

After beleaguered Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced on July 9 that a controversial extradition proposal was effectively “dead,” locals remained unsatisfied, repeating their demand that she withdraw the bill completely.