10:09 a.m. ET, August 23, 2019
"It's just so hopeless"
From CNN's Julia Hollingsworth
Felix Wong, 33, has been coming to the protests for months. She has been at most of the weekend demonstrations in the past few weeks. It's tiring, she said.
"Especially mentally, because you feel like every time you fight, it's just getting worse, more people getting arrested, people getting beaten.
"We have to fight for democracy, we have to fight for a better system, the system is breaking down, the police, they are abusing their powers, that's why we have to fight for our rights," she said.
Felix Wong, left, with a friend.
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At one point in the evening, Wong started crying. She said that in the last couple of months she has been getting upset easily.
The most devastating thing, she said, is when people try to portray her and other peaceful protesters as violent. News articles and the scenes around her often bring tears to her eyes.
"It's just so hopeless, we just keep asking for the same thing, we try every way... we just need to keep encouraging each other," she said.
Wong and her friend were carrying foreign-language signs thanking people around the world for their support.
Thank you notes in foreign languages are displayed around Hong Kong.
Photo: Julia Hollingsworth/CNN