The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 30, 2014 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protesters Defy Police Crackdown --------------------------------------------------------- Hong Kong is facing its largest political unrest in decades as pro-democracy protesters have refused to leave the streets. Tens of thousands of people have defied a police crackdown to demand greater political freedom. The protests began last week over China's recent rejection of free elections for Hong Kong. We will go to Hong Kong for more after headlines. .