Hundreds gather in Taiwan to commemorate the 35th anniversary of China's deadly crackdown at Tiananmen Square, while mourners are arrested in Hong Kong and life continues as usual in China.
Hundreds turned out in Taiwan to remember those who died in China 's Tiananmen Square crackdown. China still censors any mention of the crackdown
"Because this reminds us that democracy and freedom are not easy to come by, we must ... respond to autocracy with freedom, face the expansion of authoritarianism with courage." Beijing described the events as riots, while rights groups and exiled dissidents depicted it as a massacre of innocent people, including many students.The Tiananmen Mothers, a group comprised of relatives of victims of the 1989 crackdown, called for the tragedy to be resolved "in an open, fair and just manner" in a statement.
Life appeared as normal in Beijing on Tuesday, with tourists lining the streets leading to gates to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace across from it.In Hong Kong, once the sole place on Chinese soil where public commemoration was allowed, an annual Tiananmen vigil has been banned,
In the week leading up to the anniversary, Hong Kong police arrested eight people over commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown on social media, with authorities accusing them of publishing "seditious" online posts.On Tuesday, AFP journalists saw police take away an elderly activist, Benedict Ng, who held up posters with dates of democracy movements written on them — including the Tiananmen anniversary. His lawyer later told AFP he was released.
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