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Tiananmen Square anniversary marked with global vigils

AFP, 05 Jun 2021
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.

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