Tiananmen
Police arrest 2 for allegedly promoting banned Tiananmen Massacre vigil including head of organising group
The vice-chair of the group behind Hong Kong’s annual June 4 vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has been arrested for allegedly publicising the banned assembly, a police spokesperson confirmed. A food delivery person was also arrested on Friday after allegedly promoting the gathering. Chow Hang-tung. File Photo: Ocean Tham/HKFP. Chow Hang-tung, vice-chair …
For Hong Kong, Tiananmen Looms Over the Future
On every June 4 since 1990, huge crowds of Hong Kongers joined in a vigil to remember the loss of lives, and the loss of ideals, in Tiananmen Square in 1989, when Chinese tanks and soldiers crushed a monthslong protest in Beijing calling for democratic changes to China’s one-party rule. This year, for the first …
BREAKING: Hong Kong police ban annual Tiananmen vigil for first time in 30 years, citing Covid-19 measures
Hong Kong police have banned the annual vigil marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre for the first time in 30 years, citing coronavirus public gathering restrictions. On Monday, the force wrote a letter to Richard Tsoi – vice-chair of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China – which organises the June …
