24th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre information
24th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Date
4 June 2013
Location
Hong Kong
Participants
general public
Outcome
protest march, candlelight vigil
The 24th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 took place in China and internationally around 4 June 2013. The protests commemorated victims of the Chinese Communist Party crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Activities included the state of alert within mainland China, and the traditional marches and candlelight vigils that took place in Hong Kong and Macau on 4 June 2013 which have taken place every year prior to that since 1990. The two former colonies are the only places on Chinese soil where the 1989 crushing of China's pro-democracy movement can be commemorated.[1]
In 2013, more than 150,000 participants braved the torrential rains in Hong Kong and Macau to remember the 1989 student protest movement, according to organisers; police estimated the turnout to be 54,000.[1] There was a similar vigil in the Taiwanese capital.
In the run-up, the authorities in the People's Republic of China detained and silenced dissidents as in previous years. Families who had hoped to observe the day mourning those who died were intimidated. Policing was stepped up to ensure that no protests took place in or around Tiananmen Square. The Great Firewall was at work blocking sites or removing any references and images that refer to or even hint at the upheavals of 1989.
^ ab"Ex-mayor of Beijing linked to Tiananmen crackdown dies". BBC News, 4 June 2013
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