Tiananmen Protesters Mark Crackdown in Annual Hong Kong Vigil
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Thousands gathered in pouring rain in Hong Kong yesterday evening to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as organizers call on Chinese President Xi Jinping to improve human rights and advance democracy.
With many dressed in the traditional mourning colors of white and black, demonstrators arrived in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park for the annual candlelit vigil to remember people killed by troops 24 years ago after students calling for democracy and an end to official corruption defied orders to leave the square. About 54,000 people participated in yesterday’s vigil, according to the city’s Police Public Relations Branch.