31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
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The 31st anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 was principally events that occurred in China and elsewhere on and leading up to 4 June 2020 – to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, in which thousands of people are widely believed to have been killed.
Date | 4 June 2020 |
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Location | Hong Kong Macau Taiwan |
Participants | general public |
Outcome | protest march, candlelight vigil |
The anniversary in Hong Kong took place despite a ban by the government under pretext of restrictions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic; future anniversaries are under threat of national security legislation for Hong Kong enacted by the National People's Congress in Beijing in May 2020, but it is claimed by law experts that gatherings and mournings alone would not constitute a breach of the law.[1]
It was reported that, all in all, despite the ban, tens of thousands of Hong Kong people still came out in defiance of the ban, knocking down barricades erected around Victoria Park.[2][3]