In Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, where people had come together for an annual vigil before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, authorities blocked off main parts of the venue and warned people against illegal gatherings. Full Story: reuters.com/world/chinas-t…
Heavy police presence in and around Victoria Park.
"To remember is to resist," prominent Chinese human rights lawyer @tengbiao told Reuters from the United States. "If nobody remembers, the suffering of the people will never stop and the perpetrators will continue their crimes with impunity."
Police officers also searched a man last night who read a book and sat beside two electric candles in Victoria Park, on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square. 📸: REUTERS/@SiuTyrone
Former Hong Kong alliance member Chiu Yan-loy was stopped and searched by the police for carrying flowers. 📸: @berthawangg
Veteran activist Lau Shan Ching
is arrested for suspected unauthorised assembly. He’s wearing a mask with the words: “remembering June 4th” and a t-shirt with the portrait of the now deceased Chinese human rights activist Li Wangyang. #June4th
He was taken into the now sealed off Victoria Park. #June4th #TiananmenSquareMassacre
Photo taken before he’s arrested by the police. #June4th #HongKong #China #TiananmenSquareMassacre
Police completely seal off the Victoria Park. #June4th #TiananmenSquareMassacre #HongKong #China
Chan Po-Ying, chairwoman of the League of Social Democrats is being stopped and searched by the police. She’s later being escorted to the MTR station without being arrested. #June4th #HongKong #China
“It’s a challenge to come here. I could only finish a few pages of “The Power of The Powerless” by Vaclav Havel before they completely sealed off Victoria Park,” said Mars, 25, who walked with the light of his mobile phone on #June4.
#VictoriaPark Emptied, #June4 2022.
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