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Police officers stand guard after blocked Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
China

Hong Kong locks down Tiananmen vigil park amid tight security, arrests organiser

The ban on the vigil came amid growing concern in the pro-democracy movement and internationally about the suppression of the semi-autonomous city's traditional freedoms, notably a national...

Labour rights activist and Tiananmen protester Han Dongfang, poses for a picture outside Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
China

Hong Kong not dead yet, says Tiananmen veteran taking lone stand in park for 4 June vigil

Police officers stand guard after blocked Victoria Park on the 32nd anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, in Hong Kong, China June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
China

Hong Kong locks down Tiananmen vigil park amid tight security, arrests organiser

Police officers patrol in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, June 3, 2021. Picture shot through a window. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
South Asia

HK police arrest prominent organiser of Tiananmen vigils on crackdown’s anniversary

Electronic candlelights are displayed at the June 4th Museum, which commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as it reopens in Hong Kong, China, May 30, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
South Asia

HK's June 4th museum temporarily closes over licensing probe

Pro-democracy activist Lester Shum is taken away by police officers as more than 50 Hong Kong activists are arrested under a security law in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Court case of 47 Hong Kong democracy activists to resume on 8 July

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

Beijing's Hong Kong office slams intimidation of judge in tycoon Jimmy Lai's case

Activists and media members gather at the "Pillar of Shame", during a mourning of those who died during the June 4 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, inside the campus of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China May 2, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
World+Biz

Hong Kong organisers lose appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil

FILE PHOTO: Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo
World+Biz

US and Hong Kong climbers set new records on Mount Everest

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
South Asia

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months for 1 Oct assembly

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference following a meeting with Icelandic foreign minister at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 18, 2021. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Blinken says Chinese government continues to undermine Hong Kong democratic institutions

Live footage of the meeting to debate on electoral reform bill is seen on the screens inside a control room at Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China 26 May, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik
South Asia

'Patriots rule Hong Kong' as sweeping pro-Beijing electoral rules passed

Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Global Economy

Hong Kong security chief threatens tycoon Lai’s bankers with jail if they deal in his accounts