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Hong Kong police detained several pro-democracy figures on the 34th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square massacre. The incident led to mass deployment of police around Victoria Park. Each year thousands of people used to hold a candlelight vigil at the park. But following the imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong, pro-Beijing groups have organized trade fairs dedicated to products from southern China, celebrating the 26th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong. Amid the arrests, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed his concern, calling for the release of “anyone arrested for having exercised their freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”

The Chinese government has made efforts to erase Tiananmen from public memory, censoring online discussions and omitting any reference to the event in history books. The British Embassy in Beijing recently tweeted about the issue, highlighting how any online discussion of the event was routinely censored. Meanwhile, in mainland China, authorities deployed the police around Beijing’s Sitong Bridge where a protester had hung a banner calling for “freedom” in a rare protest last October.

In Hong Kong, the imposition of the national security law has caused pro-democracy leaders to flee abroad while others have been detained. Hong Kong’s leader John Lee has warned citizens to act according to the law, failing which they may face consequences. Vigils were held in various cities worldwide, commemorating the victims of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square massacre.

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