Thread by @Stand_with_HK

Exactly 31 years ago at this moment, Chinese troops entered #Tiananmen Sq. after opening fire on peaceful protesters.

In memory of the 1989 victims, this is what Raymond Yeung, who lost an eye in a peaceful protest, has to say about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP):

In June 1989, hundreds of souls in Tiananmen Square were lost in the fight for democracy from the CCP.

When bullets started flying and tanks moved through the streets of Beijing, Hong Kong became the last beacon of hope for freedom in China.

For 30 years, tens of thousands of #Hongkongers have kept candles lit in 4th June vigils to remember the fallen.

This year, the vigil is banned in Hong Kong for the first time ever, after a year of our #FightForFreedom and China forcing the #NationalSecurityLaw on Hong Kong.

My experience shows that the #NationalSecurityLaw will not be the last of #CCP’s onslaught on our freedoms.

Not only is justice further from reach than ever, not a single police officer being held accountable for using disproportionate and unlawful force on protesters...

… I was arrested for #Rioting” solely due to my presence in a peaceful assembly on 12 June (a charge later was withdrawn for lack of evidence), and doxxed by a website targeting pro-#democracy figures in a bid to bully me into silence.

But I am not intimidated, and will not stop speaking up for Hong Kong.

If the tyrants want to silence us, we will send our message to the world. Help us by remembering what we refuse to forget.

#StandWithHongKong and we shall continue to resist.

Artwork credit to @hklivre on Instagram and Photo credit to @StandNewsHK

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