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Hong Kong organisers loses appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil Hong Kong organisers loses appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil Posted on 05/29/2021 HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Organisers of an annual vigil to commemorate the Chinese Communist government’s crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 said on Saturday (May 29) they had lost an appeal to hold this year’s rally. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China planned to hold a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park next Friday. This marks the second year that Hong Kong police have banned the vigil, citing coronavirus...
