Hong Kong police are in force to prevent the memory of Tiananmen New Civil Rights

On Friday, thousands of police officers were deployed in Hong Kong and arrested in China for organizing an annual vigil banned by the Tiananmen Square repression territory to prevent people from gathering for the kind of remembrance of the 1989 events.

Hong Kong usually has it mass vigil remember that when the soldiers stormed the square to remember the dead, it was full of protesters claiming democracy, but police have banned the events for the past two years on charges of a coronavirus pandemic.

This is the first time this has been imposed since China imposed it national security legislation Beijing punishes subversion, secession, “terrorism” or what foreign forces consider inter-prison forces for the entire prison in Hong Kong.

Police have not clarified whether memories of the crackdown on the peninsula’s history will violate the law, but said in a statement late Thursday that any rallies posed “serious threats to public health and life” and warned those attending “unauthorized assemblies” for up to five years they can receive a prison sentence.

“Police will deploy appropriate manpower in the appropriate places on the day and take decisions to enforce the law, including making arrests,” police said.

About 7,000 officials will make stops and searches during the day, RTHK public media reported, citing unnamed sources.

Hong Kong was promised political freedoms and citizens unknown to the continent when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, but since the National Security Act was enacted nearly a year ago, dozens of activists and pro-democracy politicians, including elected lawmakers, have been arrested and jailed. Others have gone into exile.

Chow Hang-tung, vice president of the Hong Kong Alliance for the Support of the Chinese National Democratic Movement, which organizes the annual vigil, was arrested on Friday morning by clothing officials outside the city’s central office.

A police source told the AFP news agency that they are doing so in Article 17A of the Public Order Ordinance, which discloses Chow’s illegal assemblies.

Territorial MP Carrie Lam has not commented on the remarks, saying citizens must respect the law, as well as the Communist Party, which turns 100 next month.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Tiananmen protests “have resonated in the struggle for democracy and freedom in Hong Kong” by stressing that this year’s vigil was banned.

“The United States will remain with the Chinese people as long as their government demands respect for universal human rights,” Blinken said in a statement. “We honor the sacrifices of the dead 32 years ago and the courageous activists who are making a constant effort to repress the government today.”

Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers challenged the ban on the 2020 vigil, gathered in the city’s Victoria Park and lit candles.

This year, many plan to light candles again in their neighborhood, if safe. Some churches will be open for prayer.

Imprisoned activist Jimmy Sham said on his Facebook page that he intended to “light a cigarette at 8 p.m.”

“We don’t see the hope of democracy and freedom in a leader, a group or an event. Each of us is a hope for democracy and freedom. “

Renowned activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 months in prison last month accusing him of taking part in last year’s vigil, while the other three received sentences of four to six months. On June 11, another twenty people are facing similar charges in court.

The Hong Kong Alliance has said it will cancel calls to make people appear in Victoria Park and not make online memories like in 2020.

Thousands of people gather in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to commemorate the repression in Tiananmen Square and demand democracy in China [File: Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Its president Lee Cheuk-yan he is in jail for an illegal assembly.

On Wednesday, the June 4 museum in Hong Kong said it would be temporarily closed due to an investigation into whether it had a license for public shows.

Memories of Tiananmen are banned in China, and the semi-autonomous territory of Macau has also been banned from June 4 activities.

On the democratic island of Taiwan, a memorial pavilion will be set up in Taipei Freedom Square to allow people to lay flowers while complying with the social norms of alienation. Light emitting diodes or 64 LED light fixtures will also be installed in the square.

China has never reported exactly what happened in 1989. The death toll given by officials a few days later was about 300, most of them soldiers, but rights groups and witnesses say thousands could have been killed.