Tens of thousands of demonstrators are blocking roads around Hong Kong's legislative council building, protesting against a controversial bill that would allow China to extradite fugitives from the city. Live updates: cnn.it/2R7bD8x
Today's protests have so far centered on the roads leading to the Legislative Council building in Central Hong Kong. Here are the main roads affected: cnn.it/2I9EINS
Protesters have pulled up piles of bricks from the sidewalks around the Hong Kong protest site. Three people admitted to digging up the bricks because they were "angry" but said they wouldn’t throw them at police as it would "damage their credibility" cnn.it/2R5CYYC
Metal fences, initially set up by Hong Kong police for crowd control, have been torn down by protesters and used to build barricades to block the roads around the Legislative Council building: cnn.it/2F61h49
Heavy rain has had little effect on Hong Kong's protestors, who number in the tens of thousands and continue to occupy the city's main roads. The umbrella became a symbol of protests during the 2014 mass democracy demonstrations: cnn.it/2KcSlhv
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