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Hong Kong police detain more than 20 on Tiananmen anniversary
AFP, Published on 05/06/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Sunday detained more than 20 people, including key pro-democracy figures trying to commemorate the anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown, as hundreds in Taiwan mourned the dead with a vigil.
Greeks set to gather to mourn rail crash dead
AFP, Published on 05/03/2023
» ATHENS: Students and rail workers were preparing to rally in Athens on Sunday in the latest expression of grief and anger at Greece's worst rail disaster, which killed at least 57 people.
Two teenagers charged with murder of transgender girl
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» LONDON - UK police said on Wednesday that two teenagers had been charged with the weekend murder of a 16-year-old transgender girl, in a case that has drawn national concern.
Hong Kong pounces on Tiananmen vigils
Published on 04/06/2022
» Hong Kong authorities on Saturday detained multiple people as they pounced on any attempt at public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, as China vies to remove all reminders of the deadly event.
Praise be to Trump
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 17/04/2022
» They opened with an invocation, summoning God's "hedge of thorns and fire" to protect each person in the dark Phoenix parking lot.
Hong Kong activist Chow convicted for second Tiananmen 'incitement'
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» HONG KONG - Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Chow Hang-tung was found guilty on Tuesday of inciting residents to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown, her second conviction over a chapter of China's past that is now being scrubbed in the finance hub.
Hong Kong media mogul Lai defiant at Tiananmen vigil sentencing
AFP, Published on 13/12/2021
» HONG KONG: ailed Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai said he was proud to be punished as a court handed out fresh jail sentences on Monday to eight prominent democracy activists for attending a banned Tiananmen vigil.
Hong Kong democracy leader detained on Tiananmen anniversary
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police detained a democracy leader on Friday morning as authorities sought to prevent any public commemoration of the anniversary of Beijing's deadly Tiananmen crackdown.
Hong Kongers mourn Tiananmen dead under security law's shadow
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» HONG KONG: Thousands of police will enforce a ban on protests in Hong Kong on Friday for the Tiananmen Square crackdown anniversary, a traditional day of pro-democracy people power that China has made clear it will no longer tolerate.
Hong Kongers get creative as authorities ban Tiananmen vigil
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» HONG KONG - Hong Kongers are seeking innovative ways to commemorate the victims of China's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown after authorities banned an annual vigil and vowed to stamp out any protests come Friday's anniversary.