Hong Kong doctors decry “excessive and abusive” use of tear gas by police during protests

Ten weeks into political protests that have shaken Hong Kong, doctors and other healthcare workers in the city have excoriated the Hong Kong Police Force for what they see as excessive and inappropriate use of tear gas and other riot control measures, such as rubber bullets and bean bag rounds. On 13 August health workers at 13 hospitals in the city staged sit-ins to protest against police violence. “It has become clear that there is a...