Hong Kong police arrested on the sidelines of the vigil that commemorated the 31st anniversary of the bloody crackdown on Tiananmen on Thursday. The rally had been banned by the authorities. "Some protesters dressed in black are blocking roads in Mongkok, Hong Kong. Police are now carrying out arrests," police said on Twitter afternoon, referring to a popular shopping district in the city.
The ban on wakefulness, a first in 30 years
For the first time in 30 years, the police had not authorized the traditional tribute to the victims which takes place every year in Victoria Park, citing the restrictions linked to the coronavirus.
As the Hong Kong people prepared to mark the event in dispersed order throughout the territory, some protesters removed the barriers that had been installed around this large green space on the island of Hong Kong, which allowed a crowd ever more numerous to come and blacken the football fields by chanting slogans of the pro-democracy movement.
"It's been 30 years since I come every year for the vigil in memory of the victims of the June 4 crackdown, but this year it is even more important," a 74-year-old man told AFP. call Yip. "Because Hong Kong is experiencing the same kind of repression by the same regime, like what happened in Beijing," he added.