Hong Kong police have rejected an application for an annual candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. 9News
police have rejected an application for an annual candlelight vigil marking the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as residents rush to apply for passports which might let them to move to the United Kingdom.
Thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil for victims of the Chinese government's brutal military crackdown three decades ago on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Tuesday, June 4, 2019. The gathering is the only large-scale commemoration on Chinese territory of the bloodshed 30 years ago.
Amnesty International said authorities should facilitate a socially distanced vigil rather than ban it.
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