PICS: Hong Kong activists prepare for Tiananmen candlelight vigil
A woman walks past a banner featuring Tiananmen Square, Beijing, which is displayed at Hong Kong's Victoria Park on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend an annual candlelight vigil for victims of the Chinese government's military crackdown three decades ago on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
This year's vigil will feature a replica of the "Goddess of Democracy", a plaster sculpture of a female figure holding a torch that was displayed in Tiananmen Square in the days leading up to the 1989 crackdown, which took place on the night of June 3-4 and is believed to have killed hundreds and possibly thousands of people.
"Just because I wasn't born then and never experienced the event, there's no stopping me from reminding others like me of this and carrying on the collective memory," said 18-year-old student Donald Chung. The movement fizzled with no concessions from the Hong Kong government for free elections, and the authorities have since cracked down hard on its leaders, sentencing nine in April on public nuisance and other charges.
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