Events marking the day that Chinese soldiers shut down a peaceful protest with deadly violence are banned in China and Hong Kong
A member of the public is escorted by police after gathering near Victoria Park, Hong Kong’s former venue for the annual Tiananmen vigil in 2023.A member of the public is escorted by police after gathering near Victoria Park, Hong Kong’s former venue for the annual Tiananmen vigil in 2023.authorities have arrested or put under surveillance several dissidents ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre this week, according to human rights groups.
For three decades, the largest Tiananmen memorial event was held in Hong Kong, but under a tightening crackdown by the city’s government against the pro-democracy movement,The police searched homes and seized electronic devices. “Those who intend to endanger national security should not imagine that they can avoid police pursuit anonymously online,” the police said.
Chow’s case is the subject of a documentary that will be screened at a 4 June event in Japan on Tuesday. She had been an organiser of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Vigils, with the since-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. However in December 2022 she and others were charged with “inciting others to take part in an unauthorised assembly”. Chow was acquitted, but that was then overturned by the court of appeal in January.
The introduction of two new national security laws since 2020 have driven a climate of fear and self-censorship in Hong Kong, where activists, media, and other say it is not clear where the red lines are for authorities.
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