As Hong Kong Cracks Down, Canadian Tiananmen Square Vigils Keep Flame Burning
By The Canadian Press
6/4/2024 Updated: 6/4/2024 0:00 3:43
Activists in Canada say Hong Kong’s crackdown on commemorations of the Tiananmen Square massacre has injected new vigour and significance to vigils in diaspora communities.
The Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement says it had to shift its annual June 4 candlelight vigil from outside the Chinese consulate to David Lam Park downtown to accommodate more people in the past two years.
Society chairwoman Mabel Tung says the event will again take place at the park on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, when hundreds, if not thousands, were killed by Chinese troops.
Ms. Tung says younger protesters are motivated by the recent suppression of dissent in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto and Vancouver did not respond to a request for comment.
Hong Kong was for decades the worldwide centre of June 4 commemorations, with crowds sometimes exceeding 100,000 at an annual vigil before organizers disbanded in 2021 as the government stamped out public displays of opposition.
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