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I led the 'Umbrella' protests - Witness History podcast, BBC World Service

Nathan Law, one of the student leaders responsible for Hong Kong's 2014 "Umbrella" protests, tells his story. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM On the 26 September 2014 Nathan Law stood on a makeshift stage outside Hong Kong's central government complex and chanted "Democracy Now" and "Freedom" into a microphone. He was leading hundreds of protesters who had gathered to demand that China grants Hong Kong free and fair elections. As the day went on the protest continued to grow and it wasn’t long before Nathan’s face was all over the news. Then at 2am his microphone was cut off and the protest plunged into darkness as plain-clothed police officers rushed to the stage and arrested him. Nathan tells Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty how despite his arrest the protests continued to grow into some of the largest Hong Kong had ever seen lasting 79 days in total. From leading the movement, to going to jail and now living in exile in the UK he reflects on ten years of activism. 00:00 Introduction 00:47 Nathan Law's upbringing 01:47 Tiananmen Square vigil 04:14 The history of Hong Kong 06:29 Occupying civic square 08:13 Nathan Law's Mum finding out 08:37 Going to jail 09:30 The Umbrella Protests 12:22 Introducing the National security law 14:38 Looking back on the lat ten years Watch more episodes of Witness History here 👉🏽    • Witness History   ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #China #HongKong #UmbrellaProtests