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‘I’m a knucklehead at times’: Walz forced to admit ‘discrepancies’ over Tiananmen Square anecdote
2 months, 3 weeks ago

‘I’m a knucklehead at times’: Walz forced to admit ‘discrepancies’ over Tiananmen Square anecdote

The Independent  

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3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 1 week ago

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests lost their bid to overturn their conviction Thursday over their refusal to provide authorities with information on the group under a national security law. Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were core members of the Hong Kong …

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China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
1 year, 6 months ago

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In Hong Kong, which was the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, eight people, including activists and artists, were detained …

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China, Hong Kong scrub Tiananmen memories on anniversary
2 years, 6 months ago

China, Hong Kong scrub Tiananmen memories on anniversary

The Hindu  

There was heightened security around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Saturday, anniversary of the bloody 1989 crackdown, while police in Hong Kong warned people not to gather as China strives to remove all reminders of the events of June 4. On Twitter, which is blocked in China, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it had been 33 years “since the …

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Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organiser disbands
3 years, 2 months ago

Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organiser disbands

The Hindu  

The Hong Kong pro-democracy group that organised three decades of vigils commemorating the victims of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown voted to disband Saturday in the face of China's sweeping clampdown on dissent. "I still hope to show Hong Kong Alliance's beliefs to the world and continue this movement that has already lasted for 32 years," Chow Hang Tung, a barrister …

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Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil group disbands after police probe
3 years, 2 months ago

Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil group disbands after police probe

Al Jazeera  

Democracy group is the latest of dozens of civil society bodies to fold over the past year under government pressure. A Hong Kong group that organises an annual vigil on June 4 to remember protesters killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown says it is disbanding after facing “national security” charges. Authorities froze 2.2 million Hong Kong dollars of the …

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Tiananmen vigil group leaders arrested in Hong Kong raids
3 years, 3 months ago

Tiananmen vigil group leaders arrested in Hong Kong raids

Al Jazeera  

Police had demanded the group hand over information on finances, supporters as part of a national security investigation. At least four senior members of the group that organises Hong Kong’s annual vigil to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were arrested after a series of raids by police. The police said failure to provide the information by the deadline could …

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Hong Kong police out in force to prevent Tiananmen commemoration
3 years, 6 months ago

Hong Kong police out in force to prevent Tiananmen commemoration

Al Jazeera  

Activists arrested and as many as 7,000 police to be deployed after annual vigil banned for a second year. Thousands of police were deployed in Hong Kong on Friday and the organiser of the territory’s now-banned annual vigil of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown arrested, as the authorities tried to prevent people from gathering for any kind of remembrance of the …

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