Benny Tai put forward a proposal of a nonviolent direct action campaign to occupy Central as a means to achieve genuine universal suffrage on HKEJ.
Independent online news InMedia reporter interviewed Benny Tai about his proposal. The article gained citywide attention.
Mingpao Sunday interviewed Benny Tai and published 11 subsequent interviews of Tai with other public figures in a conversation series.
Chairman Yu Zhengsheng accused pan-democrats for trying to subvert the mainland’s political order and said the HK Government must "love the nation and love Hong Kong."
This concerned HK's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Pan-democrats participated as observers to ensure their views were heard. However, Beijing did not ratify the ICCPR and hence is not subject to similar scrutiny.
Benny Tai, Chan Kin-Man and Reverend Chu hosted the first OCLP press conference to announce the launch of OCLP and manifesto.
OCLP organizers engage the public in talks and discussions on deliberative democracy and civil society.
Global Times condemns pan-democrats for mobilizing anti-China forces and committing "economic suicide" and "political gamble," marking the beginning of its zealous smearing campaign against OCLP.
700 attended OCLP's first deliberation day to discuss challenges facing HK's democracy and civil disobedience movement.
430k rallied to demand full democracy with genuine choices of CE candidates.
3 DAB-dominated Kuks passed anti-OCLP motion. DAB member Lam Chuen said the riots in May 6, 2067 were the "real acts of civil disobedience."
Arthur Li warned heads of universities against using public money to bail out students. Johannes Chan, HKU Law Dean, said students are the conscience of society; their diverse voices and ideals should be accepted. Chan criticized Li for stepping up repressive measures against students.
Scholarism spokesperson said Hepp Yunn School did an admirable act of allowing discussions of OCLP to take place in school.
Benny Tai debated with Robert Chow at a forum organized by pro-Beijing organizations.
Participants discussed and designed CE nomination process options.
Through a series of deliberations among different organizations from a wide cross-section of society, OCLP aimed at cultivating a culture of deliberative democracy and civic engagement. Participants carry out discussions on democracy and a variety of issues that concern them, under the guidance of trained volunteer facilitators from OCLP. Everyone deserves a voice; we create a space for it to be heard.
The first booth was set up in Causeway Bay. Street canvassing continued throughout the campaign to engage the public in direct dialogues on democracy.
Speakers: Director Shu Kei, Chan Kin-man
30000 rallied to demand an inclusive, fair and open Chief Executive nomination system.
62,196 participated in the trial run of voting regarding CE nomination process. Results were submitted to HKSARG.
Speakers: Audrey Eu, Chan King-fai
Speakers: Joseph Tse, Allan Au, Leung Man-tao
As threats to freedom of the press intensified, HK Journalists' Association led a rally to call for greater protection of media freedom.
13000 took to the streets to demand justice and condemn violence against Ming Pao's chief editor Kevin Lau.
1500 attended the 2nd Deliberation Day to share insights and exchange knowledge discussed in small group deliberations over past months.
The white paper reinterpreted the Basic Law and asserted that HK's leader must be patriotic. The document infuriated many HK citizens.
OCLP stood in solidarity with the Sunflower protesters. It was deeply inspired by their determination and peaceful act of civil disobedience.
OCLP volunteers pledged to fight for full democracy with fair and open elections through acts of nonviolent civil disobedience.
Speakers: Margaret Ng, Vivian Tam
OCLP organized the first public nonviolence training.
2500 attended the final deliberation day and voted for their favorite CE nomination proposals. All top 3 proposals advocated for civil nomination. The 3 proposals were then put forth for voting in the citywide civil referendum in June.
Speakers: Jenny Ng, Edward Chin
Organizers that put forth the top 3 proposals had an open debate.
Led by Cardinal Zen, pro-democracy supporters walked around Hong Kong 24hours/day for 7 days to call on the public to vote in the referendum.
Unprecedented levels of DDoS attack paralyzed OCLP's online referendum site. Cloudflare diligently worked to combat the cyber-attacks. Given the unimaginable scale and duration of the attack, experts speculated the attacks were likely sponsored by the Chinese government.
800k participated in the referendum to express their desire for full democracy. An overwhelming majority refused to "pocket fake democracy first."
HSBC and Standard Chartered pulled millions of dollars worth of advertising from Apple Daily upon pressure from the CCP.
500,000+ protesters took to the street on the 17th anniversary of HK's handover to China, to demand a fully democratic and accountable government.
After the rally, protesters performed overnight sit-in on Chater Road until 8am. Police began arrest at 2:45am but failed to finish clearing the site before 8am. 511 protesters were arrested. The peaceful sit-in received positive responses from the public.
Pro-Beijing camp and CCP front organizations launched a full-scale smearing and propaganda campaign. High-profile officials of HK government endorsing the campaign raised controversies. Important questions left unanswered include the sources of finance behind the systematic, expensive propaganda campaign.
The organizers submitted June 20-29 referendum results and recommendations on political reforms. However, the Chief Secretary only asked the organizers to give up their civil disobedience plans and refused to discuss political reform issues.
The report, summarizing results from a 5-month public consultation process, downplayed popular demands for full democracy by making vague claims and referencing suspicious consultation forms. The disappointing report left many wondering: Why did the government even bother to "consult" the public?
18 of the 25 protesters on bail after arrested at July 1 sit-in refused to renew bail. The police later released them "unconditionally," but added that they reserved the right to charge any protesters in the future.
"I lift up my eyes to the mountains."
China breached the international agreement it signed on 30 years ago in the eyes of the world. Will world leaders who claim to promote democracy act?
OCLP, Alliance for True Democracy, HK Federation of Students, Scholarism, Civic Human Rights Front and Democratic Party pledged an era of resistance.
Beijing warned consul generals about Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement.
Democrats held NVDA training workshop which includes rehearsals involving water cannons.
OCLP organizers and supporters will be shaving their heads to symbolize their vows to fight against NPC ruling.
University and secondary school students will begin a citywide students' strike.
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