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26th Tiananmen Square anniversary: Massive vigil in Hong Kong
26th Tiananmen Square Anniversary: Massive Vigil In Hong Kong. As it does on every June 4, Hong Kong’s Victoria Park turned into a sea of humanity Thursday night local time as people gathered for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, when hundreds if not thousands of youngsters demanding democracy were killed by the Chinese army.
Hong Kong: As it does on every June 4, Hong Kong’s Victoria Park turned into a sea of humanity Thursday night local time as people gathered for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, when hundreds if not thousands of youngsters demanding democracy were killed by the Chinese army. People began pouring in to the large public park in Hong Kong’s downtown Causeway Bay district by 6 p.m., two hours before the sweltering vigil officially began, and continued to arrive well after it started.
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Hong Kong is the only location on Chinese soil to see a major commemoration, with residents gathering in Victoria Park to mark the military's brutal crushing of pro-democracy protests in central Beijing in 1989.Hundreds -- by some estimates more than a thousand -- died after the Communist Party sent tanks to crush demonstrations at the square in the heart of Beijing, where student-led protesters had staged a peaceful seven-week sit-in to demand democratic reforms.
"This is an ongoing struggle for justice," said Richard Tsoi of the Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which organises the Hong Kong vigil.
"The United States urges the Chinese government to uphold its international commitments to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms," spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou called for China to "redress the wrongs" of June 4. US-based group Chinese Human Rights Defenders said state security had detained dozens of activists in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi and Hunan ahead of this year's anniversary. Zhang Xianling, 77, whose then 19-year-old son was killed during the crackdown, said she visited his grave site on Thursday, where dozens of plainclothes security staff stood watching. More than seven security officers remain near her apartment, with two guarding her door, she told AFP."Their main purpose is to stop me receiving interviews... and visiting areas deemed sensitive, such as Tiananmen Square," she said.
