HongKongProtests: Pro-government supporters turn out at Tamar Park, while anti-government protesters march through Hung Hom, To Kwa Wan
Activists are billing the weekend rallies as a way to show Beijing and the city's unelected leaders that their movement still enjoys broad public support, despite increasingly violent tactics deployed by a minority of hardcore protesters that have cast a shadow.at the city's airport and later assaulted two men they accused of being Chinese spies.
"Their acts are not human, they have all become monsters. They are rioters, with no reason, no thinking," she said.The biggest anti-government rally is expected to take place on Sunday on the main island. Millions of people have hit the streets while clashes have broken out between police and small groups of hardcore protesters.
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