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Hong Kong activists claim censorship is at the center of authorities' decision to ban a vigil commemorating China's June 4th, 1989, deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square ...
HKmap.live is a web mapping service which crowdsources and tracks the location of protesters and police in Hong Kong. The service was launched during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and gathers reports on police patrols and tear gas deployments via Telegram.
Since 1989, Hong Kong has been the only place on Chinese soil where the Tiananmen Square massacre is publicly commemorated. [4] [5] The 31st anniversary is set against the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic and intense political conflict and civil unrest since June 2019.
Police cordon outside Victoria Park, Hong Kong. For the past 30 years, 4 June has been a grand occasion in Hong Kong as one of very few places on Chinese soil permitting memorials for the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests; vigils were typically attended by tens of thousands of Hongkongers.
HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Hong Kong police detained several people and Chinese authorities restricted access to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Tuesday on the 35th anniversary of the crackdown on ...
For the first time in three decades, an annual vigil for victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre will not be held in Hong Kong this year. Hong Kong police said the decision to cancel was due to ...
Beijing's Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police arrested ...
Many Hong Kong celebrities sang songs and expressed their support for the students in Beijing. [134] [135] The following day, a procession of 1.5 million people, one fourth of Hong Kong's population, led by Martin Lee, Szeto Wah, and other organisation leaders, paraded through Hong Kong Island. [136]