Occupy Central with Love and Peace

This article is about an advocacy group in Hong Kong. For related protests in Hong Kong also known as the Umbrella Revolution, see 2014 Hong Kong protests. For a part of the international occupy movements, see Occupy Central (2011–2012).

Occupy Central with Love and Peace
讓愛與和平佔領中環
AbbreviationOCLP (和平佔中)
Established27 March 2013
Dissolved3 December 2014
PurposeThe election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong beginning in 2017 by universal suffrage consistent with accepted international standards.[1]
Location
Key people
The Occupy Central trio:
Websiteoclp.hk
Occupy Central with Love and Peace
Traditional Chinese讓愛與和平佔領中環
Simplified Chinese让爱与和平占领中环
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinRàng Ài Yǔ Hépíng Zhànglīng Zhōnghuán
Hakka
RomanizationNgiong4 Oi4 Yi4 Fo2pin4 Zam4liang1 Zung1van2[2]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYeuhng oi yúh wòh pìhng jim líhng jūng wàahn
JyutpingJoeng6 Oi3 Jyu5 Wo4ping4 Zim3ling5 Zung1waan4
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese和平佔中
Simplified Chinese和平占中
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHépíng Zhàngzhōng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWòh pìhng jim jūng
JyutpingWo4ping4Zim3zung1

Occupy Central with Love and Peace (OCLP) was a single-purpose Hong Kong civil disobedience campaign initiated by Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man on 27 March 2013. The campaign was launched on 24 September 2014,[3]: 104  partially leading to the 2014 Hong Kong protests. According to its manifesto, the campaign advocates for an electoral system in Hong Kong that is decided through a democratic process and satisfies international standards of universal and equal suffrage.[3]: 107  With the first three stages of the movement – dialogue, deliberation and citizens' authorization – the civil disobedience that follows must be non-violent.[3]: 108 

The campaign called for occupation of Hong Kong's central business district, Central, if the amendments were not made. Upstaged by the Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) and Scholarism in September 2014, its leaders joined in the Occupy Central protests.[4][5]

OCLP had originally planned to launch its protest campaign on 1 October 2014, the National Day of the People's Republic of China.[6] OCLP stated that the ongoing protest was "the Umbrella Movement, not 'Occupy Central'" and referred to themselves as supporters rather than organisers.[7] OCLP was disbanded by the founders when they surrendered to the police in December 2014.[8]

  1. ^ "OCLP Basic Tenets". Occupy Central with Love and Peace. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Association for Conversation of Hong Kong Indigenous Languages Online Dictionary for Hong Kong Hakka and Hong Kong Punti (Weitou dialect)
  3. ^ a b c Lo, Sonny (2015). "Perspectives on the Occupy Central Movement". Hong Kong's Indigenous Democracy: Origins, Evolution and Contentions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 104–137. ISBN 978-1-349-56286-2.
  4. ^ "OCLP Manifesto". Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Occupy Central gives downtown Hong Kong a taste of disobedience". The Guardian. 6 March 2014.
  6. ^ Branigan, Tania (31 August 2014). "Hong Kong activists vow to take over financial centre in election protest", The Guardian.
  7. ^ "戴耀廷：現是雨傘運動非佔中". Ming Pao. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Hong Kong Nationalism student editors: Not advocating independence, but it's an option". Harbour Times. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)