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Demonstrators gathered for candlelit vigils in cities around the world to commemorate those killed in Tiananmen Square on June 4 1989, when tanks and troops crushed pro-democracy protests in Beijing. In Hong Kong, the usually huge vigil was banned this year, with the police citing Covid-19 precautions.
Dharamsala, Jun 4 (EFE / EPA).- A group of pro-Tibet activists on Thursday held a demonstration in the Indian city of Dharamsala to demand justice for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in Beijing (Camera: SANJAY BIAD). FOOTAGE SHOWS A PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE VICTIMS OF THE 1989 TIANANMEN MASSACRE IN DHARAMSALA, INDIA.
Berlin, Jun 4 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Clemens Bilan) Free Democratic Party (FDP) General Secretary Linda Teuteberg holds a cardboard reading 'Free Hong Kong' as she takes part in a demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy in Berlin.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Our panel of journalists discuss the big topics of the week, starting with D-Day 75th anniversary commemorations in Normandy. Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the institutions that came out of World War Two. All within earshot of the current U.S. president. Another anniversary, that of the 30 years of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. Yet commemorations took place in Hong Kong as the event remains widely unknown in mainland China.
This year marks the 26th anniversary of the June 4 protests in China, where an unknown number of student protesters were killed in a government-ordered crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square.
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