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Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
Updated On: 03 June, 2023 08:57 AM IST | Hong Kong | Agencies
For decades, Hong Kong was the only place in China where people held large-scale commemorations about the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in which tanks rolled into the heart of Beijing, and possibly thousands, of people were killed
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A policeman fills a drinks bottle as they patrol Victoria Park in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 2, 2023, the venue where Hong Kong people traditionally gathered annually to mourn the victims of China`s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 which the authorities have banned and vowed to stamp out any protests on the anniversary. Pic/AFP
As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in private ways in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement.
For decades, Hong Kong was the only place in China where people held large-scale commemorations about the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in which tanks rolled into the heart of Beijing, and possibly thousands, of people were killed.
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