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Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene
1 month, 1 week ago

Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cathay Pacific has apologised for airing an episode of the American series Family Guy that features …

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3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three former organizers of Hong …

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3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 4 weeks 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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Hong Kong’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court on Thursday restored a prominent detained activist’s conviction over a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, marking the latest setback for the city’s democracy supporters. Chow Hang-tung, a former leader of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, had been sentenced to 15 …

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Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organisers to jail
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organisers to jail

Al Jazeera  

The three organisers of a yearly vigil to mark China’s bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to four and a half months in jail. Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre have been sentenced to four and a half months in jail for not complying with a …

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Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters were convicted on Saturday for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law. The alliance was best known for organizing candlelight vigils in Hong Kong on the anniversary of the …

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Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil

LA Times  

Chow Hang-tung, vice chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, speaks in Hong Kong on Sept. 5, 2021. Three Hong Kong activists, including Chow, from the now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters were convicted Saturday of failing to provide authorities with information on the group. Three …

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Hong Kong court convicts 3 members of 1989 Tiananmen vigil group
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts 3 members of 1989 Tiananmen vigil group

Al Jazeera  

Court convicted Hong Kong democracy activist and barrister Chow Hang-tung, as well as Tang Ngok Kwan and Tsui Hon Kwong. Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China’s bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of not complying with a national security police request for information. Three former leaders of a …

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Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban
2 years, 7 months ago

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Heavy police force patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, with vigils overseas the only place marking the event. The Foreign Ministry wrote on Facebook that “when this time of year comes around, there is a …

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Police patrol Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to enforce the Tiananmen Square vigil ban
2 years, 7 months ago

Police patrol Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to enforce the Tiananmen Square vigil ban

Firstpost  

The ban is seen as part of a move to snuff out political dissent and a sign that Hong Kong is losing its freedoms as Beijing tightens its grip over the semi-autonomous Chinese city Hong Kong: Dozens of police officers patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary …

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US says China’s Tiananmen crackdown ‘won’t be forgotten’
2 years, 7 months ago

US says China’s Tiananmen crackdown ‘won’t be forgotten’

Al Jazeera  

The United States has said the crackdown on peaceful protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 will “never be forgotten”, and that the struggle for democracy was echoed today in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong. While many are no longer able to speak up themselves, we and many around the world continue to stand up on their …

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Six arrested as Hong Kong snuffs out Tiananmen vigil, but memories live on
2 years, 7 months ago

Six arrested as Hong Kong snuffs out Tiananmen vigil, but memories live on

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The football pitches sat empty and silent under the cold glare of floodlights, barricaded off on all sides. For the second year in a row, the sea of candlelight that used to illuminate Hong Kong’s Victoria Park every June 4 was extinguished, as authorities sought to snuff out all public commemorations of the 1989 Tiananmen Square …

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Police in Hong Kong warn over vigil as Tiananmen ‘erased’
2 years, 7 months ago

Police in Hong Kong warn over vigil as Tiananmen ‘erased’

Al Jazeera  

For the first time, Hong Kong will not host an official memorial for the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as the city’s national security law takes full effect. “One of our city-wide traditions of hosting the June 4 vigil is now no longer a thing and it’s being erased from the public memory and even erased from …

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Tightening grip: On Hong Kong-China relations
3 years ago

Tightening grip: On Hong Kong-China relations

The Hindu  

July 1, 2022 will mark 25 years since Hong Kong’s return to China. For much of the past 24 years, Hong Kong defied wide expectations that the “one country, two systems” model would crumble shortly after the handover. On December 23, construction crew quietly removed one of the most well-known statues, the “Pillar of Shame”, standing on the campus of …

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Explainer: Why did Hong Kong remove a Tiananmen memorial?
3 years ago

Explainer: Why did Hong Kong remove a Tiananmen memorial?

The Hindu  

It happened in the dead of night. Workers at the University of Hong Kong put up barriers that largely blocked their activity from view and, over the next several hours, took down the towering "Pillar of Shame" and carted it away early Thursday in a container truck. Tiananmen 1989 and Hong Kong 2021 The Tiananmen massacre, in which hundreds and …

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EXPLAINER: Why did Hong Kong remove a Tiananmen memorial?
3 years ago

EXPLAINER: Why did Hong Kong remove a Tiananmen memorial?

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — It happened in the dead of night. Workers at the University of Hong Kong put up barriers that largely blocked their activity from view and, over the next several hours, took down the towering “Pillar of Shame” and carted it away early Thursday in a container truck. ___ TIANANMEN 1989 AND HONG KONG 2021 The Tiananmen massacre, …

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Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue
3 years ago

Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark. The removal also happened in the same week that Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam traveled to Beijing to report on developments in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, where authorities have …

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Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue
3 years ago

Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue

Al Jazeera  

The eight-metre tall Pillar of Shame symbolises the lives lost during the 1989 bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing. A monument at Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early on Thursday despite objections by its creator from Denmark. Galschiot offered to take it back to Denmark, provided he was given …

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Hong Kong removes sculpture commemorating Tiananmen Square massacre
3 years ago

Hong Kong removes sculpture commemorating Tiananmen Square massacre

LA Times  

University students wash the 26-foot tall monument in 2019 as part of a June 4 tradition to commemorate the Tiananmen massacre. A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark. “Latest legal advice given to the university cautioned that the continued …

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Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil
3 years ago

Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced activist and business tycoon Jimmy Lai to 13 months in jail for urging participation in last year’s banned Tiananmen vigil, amid a crackdown by Chinese authorities that has rolled back the semi-autonomous city’s civil liberties. China last year passed a broadly defined national security law which has been viewed as …

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Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil
3 years ago

Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months jail for Tiananmen vigil

The Hindu  

A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced activist and business tycoon Jimmy Lai to 13 months in jail for urging participation in last year’s banned Tiananmen vigil, amid a crackdown by Chinese authorities that has rolled back the semi-autonomous city’s civil liberties. Lee received 14 months for organising last year’s unauthorised assembly, during which thousands of people gathered to light …

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Hong Kong activists sentenced for banned Tiananmen vigil
3 years ago

Hong Kong activists sentenced for banned Tiananmen vigil

Al Jazeera  

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 74, who is already in prison, receives 13-month sentence to be served concurrently. Eight Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to up to 14 months in prison for organising, taking part in and inciting participation in a banned vigil last year commemorating the victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The sentencing on Monday is …

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Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil
3 years, 1 month ago

Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil

The Independent  

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Hong Kong democracy activists found guilty over Tiananmen vigil
3 years, 1 month ago

Hong Kong democracy activists found guilty over Tiananmen vigil

Al Jazeera  

Three, including tycoon Jimmy Lai, convicted over their part in last year’s vigil commemorating those killed in 1989. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai and activist Chow Hang-tung, were convicted of inciting others to take part in the city’s annual Tiananmen vigil on June 4, 2020, while Gwyneth Ho was convicted of taking part in an “unauthorised” assembly. “The Hong Kong government …

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