Hong Kong police have detained eight people on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown.
A member of the public is taken away by the police in the Causeway Bay area on the eve 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 3, 2023. of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression.
During the pandemic, protests in Hong Kong were rare due to COVID-19 restrictions. In addition, many activists there have been silenced or jailed after Beijing imposed a sweepingfollowing massive protests in 2019. Critics say the city’s freedom of assembly that was promised Hong Kong when it returned to China from Britain in 1997 has been eroded.
“We will now start fasting at 6:04 p.m.,” Lau said with flowers in her hand, referencing the June 4 date of the crackdown. They also held papers saying they were “in mourning of deceased and victims of 64.”
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