in the police Hong Kong Crowds disperse to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square student protest, where more than 10,000 civilians were killed in 1989.
Referring to the violent student repression that happened 33 years ago has been illegal in Hong Kong since Beijing In 2020, it strengthened its hold on this sector.
Several leaders of the vigilant organizers of the Hong Kong Coalition in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements China Currently closed.
And police closed Victoria Park, the city center public square where thousands of Hong Kongers celebrated the event.
Police in Hong Kong detain a man for attending a memorial before being surrounded by a crowd
Police were pictured shepherding people away from the closed city center Victoria Park
China justified the protest ban as a measure of prevention of Kovid.
Hong Kong puppet leader Carrie Lam said this week any event to commemorate those killed in the 1989 repression would be subject to national security laws.
In 1989, about 30 people met in Kowloon, northern Hong Kong, to pray for ‘those who died for justice’.
This is despite the cancellation of services scheduled to mark the massacre by the local Catholic Church. feet informed of.
Puppet leader Carrie Lam warns dissidents they will face national security laws
A police officer holds a bag of LED candles in memory of Tiananmen
One congregation told the newspaper: ‘This year the public memorial may be gone, but what I remember in my heart, you cannot make it disappear.’
Last month a church leader and former opposition activist was arrested in Hong Kong on charges of “collusion with foreign forces”.
Cardinal Joseph Zen Jae-kyun was arrested along with former opposition MP Margaret Ng Ngoi-Yi and pro-democracy singer Dennis Ho Wan-se.
Many statues and public monuments to mark Tiananmen Square in Hong Kong have been demolished since Beijing’s crackdown last year.
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao told Reuters from the United States, ‘Remembering is to protest.’
Police stand guard by a shopping center near Victoria Park in Hong Kong earlier today
In one of the most famous photographs ever taken, the so-called ‘Tank Man’ stands in front of heavily armed Chinese soldiers in Tiananmen Square in 1989. It is not known what happened to him next.
In 1989, 50,000 to 100,000 students gathered at Tiananmen Square, killing many. Ladder Chai Ling (pictured standing) addresses the crowd. she now lives in america
Little footage of state repression has made it out of China, but the signs of destruction were evident.
‘If no one remembers, the suffering of the people will never stop and the criminals will continue their crimes fearlessly.’
In Chinese-claimed Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen condemned the ‘systematic erasure of the June 4 collective memory in Hong Kong’.
He posted on his Facebook and Instagram pages, ‘But we believe that such brute force cannot erase people’s memories.
Human rights lawyer Teng Biao said of Tiananmen Square (pictured): ‘Remembering is to protest’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described Tiananmen’s action as a “brutal attack”, saying in a statement: “The efforts of these brave men will not be forgotten.”
A wave of protests in 2020 failed to repeal China’s National Security Act (NSL), over which the state jailed hundreds of disgruntled activists.
It is widely seen as an action on Hong Kong’s rights and a betrayal of the ‘one country, two systems’ principle since the island city returned to Chinese control in 1997.
The doctrine was intended to protect Hong Kong’s independence for 50 years – until 2047 – as well as the right to an independent judiciary.
A crowd gathers this morning at Liberty Square in Taipei, Taiwan
A Taiwanese activist was pictured today holding a flag declaring ‘Hong Kong independence’
Taiwanese sit in solidarity with the growing repression of Hong Kong by the Chinese state
Nevertheless, under the 2021 law, there is a provision of maximum life imprisonment for the offense of ‘collusion with foreign forces’.
Cases may be sent to the mainland for trial, raising doubts about the independence and impartiality of any trial held there.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian reiterated Beijing’s line on the events at a regular news conference on Thursday.
“The Chinese government has long ago reached an unambiguous conclusion about a political event that occurred in the late 1980s,” he said.
The cardinal’s arrest came as China appointed a former security chief as the region’s new leader, who oversaw the action.
Last month, 64-year-old John Lee was the only candidate in the Beijing-backed race to replace outgoing leader Carrie Lam.
Lee’s promotion, which is currently under US sanctions, puts a security officer in the top job for the first time in a few years for a city stricken by political unrest and weak pandemic controls.
Hong Kong has never been a democracy, despite the city’s mini-constitution promising universal suffrage since it was handed over to China in 1997.
Its leader is instead chosen by an ‘election committee’, which currently comprises 1,461 people – about 0.02 per cent of the city’s population.
After a brief secret ballot in May, 99 percent (1,416 members) of those who cast ballots voted for Lee.
Officials said only eight voted against it.