Hong Kong • Protesters who have barricaded themselves in a Hong Kong university partially cleared a road they were blocking and demanded that the government commit to holding local elections on Nov. 24.
One lane of the Tolo Highway was cleared in both directions Friday morning, but the government had not yet reopened it to traffic citing safety concerns, public broadcaster RTHK said.
The protesters at the Chinese University of Hong Kong said the road would be blocked again and warned of other unspecified consequences if the government didn’t meet their demand within 24 hours.