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An artist marks the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing s Tiananmen Square in 1989, at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong June 3, 2021. ― Reuters pic
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HONG KONG, June 4 ― Thousands of Hong Kong police are expected to surround a central park and patrol the city s streets today to prevent people from gathering to commemorate the 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Beijing s Tiananmen Square.
Critics say the heightened vigilance from authorities is a marked departure from Hong Kong s cherished freedoms of speech and assembly, bringing the global financial hub closer in line with mainland China s strict controls on society.
Hong Kong, June 4 (ANI): Ahead of the annual candlelight vigil marking the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, police have arrested the vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China on suspicion of promoting the banned assembly, according to a law enforcement source.
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