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The sting of pepper spray and the threat of riot police appears to have done little to quell the sweet taste of romance. Couples have declared their vows at demonstrations around the world, with the latest “protest marriage” taking place on Tuesday in Hong Kong.The sting of pepper spray and the threat of riot police appears to have done little to quell the sweet taste of romance. Couples have declared their vows at demonstrations around the world, with the latest “protest marriage” taking place on Tuesday in Hong Kong.
Vivian Lo and Ka Sing Fung stood in formal attire to celebrate their new nuptials and posed for photographs at a pro-democracy protest site.Vivian Lo and Ka Sing Fung stood in formal attire to celebrate their new nuptials and posed for photographs at a pro-democracy protest site.
This follows the handful of weddings and proposals that occurred at the anti-government protests in Ukraine earlier this year.This follows the handful of weddings and proposals that occurred at the anti-government protests in Ukraine earlier this year.
Bogdan Zabavchuk and Yulia Serko met at the protests and were married a month later, according to Agence France-Presse. The groom wore camouflage to the ceremony, where the pair was married under an arch made by two camo-decked men holding riot shields and batons.Bogdan Zabavchuk and Yulia Serko met at the protests and were married a month later, according to Agence France-Presse. The groom wore camouflage to the ceremony, where the pair was married under an arch made by two camo-decked men holding riot shields and batons.
The two met in early January in Kiev. A wardrobe being used to block police from entering a building fell on Serko and she went for treatment at a makeshift hospital. There, she met Zabavchuk, who provided medical assistance. “On the fourth day of knowing her, I knew she was the person I wanted to spend my life with,” Zabavchuk told AFP.The two met in early January in Kiev. A wardrobe being used to block police from entering a building fell on Serko and she went for treatment at a makeshift hospital. There, she met Zabavchuk, who provided medical assistance. “On the fourth day of knowing her, I knew she was the person I wanted to spend my life with,” Zabavchuk told AFP.
“People here in Maidan meet more new people, make new friends, get together. Get married, and sleep around, so to speak,” protester Mykhailo Havrilyuk told the Associated Press. “Life goes on, even here in these conditions.”“People here in Maidan meet more new people, make new friends, get together. Get married, and sleep around, so to speak,” protester Mykhailo Havrilyuk told the Associated Press. “Life goes on, even here in these conditions.”
A year earlier, on the other side of the Black Sea, teachers Barish and Derya Demirci married at the anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul’s Taksim Square. “We’ve been part of this movement from the start. We only stopped to get married. Now we’ll continue to struggle to protect our country,” Barish Demirci told CNN in June 2013.A year earlier, on the other side of the Black Sea, teachers Barish and Derya Demirci married at the anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul’s Taksim Square. “We’ve been part of this movement from the start. We only stopped to get married. Now we’ll continue to struggle to protect our country,” Barish Demirci told CNN in June 2013.
The couple wore brightly-colored hard hats during a ceremony in the middle of the Taksim Square crowd. The couple wore brightly colored hard hats during a ceremony in the middle of the Taksim Square crowd.
Before the ousting of Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak, Sonia al-Beali and Abdullah al-Qadi married in Tahrir Square during the 2011 demonstrations in Cairo. So did Ola Abdel Hamid and Ahmed Zaafan, who said they married in the square to show that they were determined to remain there until protesters demands were met.Before the ousting of Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak, Sonia al-Beali and Abdullah al-Qadi married in Tahrir Square during the 2011 demonstrations in Cairo. So did Ola Abdel Hamid and Ahmed Zaafan, who said they married in the square to show that they were determined to remain there until protesters demands were met.
“It was either: we quit Tahrir to go and have our wedding in an isolated hall, or hold a ceremony right here among our people protesting in the square. We chose the latter,” Hamid told Reuters.“It was either: we quit Tahrir to go and have our wedding in an isolated hall, or hold a ceremony right here among our people protesting in the square. We chose the latter,” Hamid told Reuters.