page_title: Timeline of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests (July 2019)
section_title: 28 July protest
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests (July 2019) / Events / 28 July protest
caption_attribution_description: English: 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition law protest on 28 July 2019 in Hong Kong Island, captured by Studio Incendo from Flickr.
context_page_description: This is a list of July 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.
context_section_description: The day before protests, police approved a sit-in at Chater Garden, a public park in Central, but banned the demonstration to be held in Sheung Wan. On 28 July, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the park and marched on the streets towards Causeway Bay and Sai Wan in defiance of police restrictions. They chanted in Cantonese: "Hong Kong police, knowingly break the law" (Chinese: 香港警察，知法犯法) and "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times" (Chinese: 光復香港，時代革命).
  Protesters arrived at Hennessy Road, outside Sogo Hong Kong, and constructed barricades. At the same time, a smaller group of about 200 protesters headed west towards the Liaison Office of the Central Government. Police and riot-police arrived shortly after, warning protesters of "unlawful assembly."
  At night, the stand-off evolved into violent clashes. Police fired numerous rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets, sponge grenades and pepper spray to disperse protesters. Police stated that protesters removed railings from streets, threw bricks, set fire to items, pushed a metal cart with papers on fire, and used a Y-shaped catapult to shoot metal balls at police. At least 16 people were injured and 49 were arrested for rioting and possessing offensive weapons.
caption: Protesters in Chater Garden on 28 July.
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "3264", "Image ImageLength": "2448", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Make": "Google", "Image Model": "Pixel 3 XL", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2019:07:29 11:08:48", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "300", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 2, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[22, 16, 2489/50]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "E", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[114, 9, 1989/50]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "249/25", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[8, 16, 43]", "GPS GPSDOP": "3886/125", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "M", "GPS GPSImgDirection": "65", "GPS GPSProcessingMethod": "[65, 83, 67, 73, 73, 0, 0, 0, 102, 117, 115, 101, 100]", "GPS GPSDate": "2019:07:28", "Image GPSInfo": "988", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1366", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "10312", "EXIF ExposureTime": "773/1000000", "EXIF FNumber": "11/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "43", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0231", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2019:07:28 16:17:45", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2019:07:28 16:17:45", "EXIF OffsetTime": "+08:00", "EXIF OffsetTimeOriginal": "+08:00", "EXIF OffsetTimeDigitized": "+08:00", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "517/50", "EXIF ApertureValue": "57/25", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "883/100", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "57/25", "EXIF SubjectDistance": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "203/100", "EXIF SubSecTime": "468714", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "468714", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "468714", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3264", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2448", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "956", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Custom", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "103/100", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "19", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}