Security was tight and access to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday (Jun 4) was restricted on the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in the Chinese capital.

Tiananmen Square anniversary: Tight security in China and Hong Kong; Taiwan says will never forget crackdown

On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, more than 20 people, including prominent pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong were detained by authorities. Chan Po-ying, a long-time activist and the leader of the League of Social Democrats, was apprehended by police in Causeway Bay.

Over 20 pro-democracy figures detained on Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary in Hong Kong

Hello and Welcome. This is The Capitals. Your weekly recap of some of the biggest stories from The Capitals worldwide. A lone protestor standing in front of a line of army tanks at Beijing's Tiananmen Square remains one of the most iconic pictures of defiance in the twentieth century.

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More than a dozen, including a woman carrying a bouquet of flowers and a guy holding a candle, have been detained by Hong Kong police on suspicion of "breaching public peace" as a result of a crackdown on commemorations of the anniversary of the massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The major vigils remembering the anniversary of the brutal crackdown by Chinese military on pro-democracy protesters have been suppressed in Hong Kong due to restrictions; as a result, places like Taipei, London, New York, and Berlin are now the only ones left to honour the memory of June 4, 1989.

Tiananmen anniversary : Hong Kong police detain activists on anniversary of massacre

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Hong Kong University students hold a small act of rebellion against the Chinese government crackdown, hiding tiny figures of a "democracy goddess" on campus to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Tiananmen Square massacre: University students rebel, hide 'goddess of democracy' statues around campus

The Tiananmen Square crackdown is a sore subject for the Chinese government. The 1989 incident, which saw China sending troops and tanks against peaceful protestors, is not discussed in China and the authorities have made sure that the crackdown even extends to the internet.

Hong Kong police issues warning over Tiananmen Square anniversary gatherings

Hong Kong police on Friday arrested activist Chow Hang Tung, vice-chairwoman of the group which organises annual vigils for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, two of her colleagues said.

Organiser of annual Tiananmen Square vigil in Hong Kong arrested on massacre's 32nd anniversary

As the international communities raised their voices against China’s crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen, China has slammed the US and has asked the country to "look in the mirror".

'Look in the mirror': China asks US to 'face up' to own human rights abuse

Timeline: 32 years of China's brutal Tiananmen crackdown

Hong Kong police on Thursday banned next month's vigil marking Beijing's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown, the second year in a row that authorities have refused permission.

Hong Kong bans Tiananmen vigil for second year running

Zoom Video Communications temporarily shut the account belonging to a group of US-based Chinese activists after they held an event to commemorate the 31st anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Zoom suspends US-based activists' account after Tiananmen event

Video conferencing app Zoom closed the account of exiled dissidents in the US after they held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Zoom shuts account of US-based Chinese dissidents after Tiananmen anniversary meeting

On June 5 1989, the world woke up to the images of the massacre in Tiananmen. Democracies across the world were shaken by the images of the crackdown. There were calls for action.

Then & now: Global reaction on Tiananmen Square massacre

On June 4, 1989, China declared a war on its own people. Tanks and armed personnel were sent to Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The same place where Mao Zedong declared the founding of China back in 1949.

How Communist Party of China crushed protesters at Tiananmen Square

The tremors of the Tiananmen Square massacre were felt beyond the borders of China and it coincided with tectonic shifts in international politics even as at home Beijing crushed the movement and toppled its symbol.

How Tiananmen Square massacre impacted Communist regimes around the world

The United States has called on China to provide a full accounting of those who were killed, detained or remain missing in connection with events surrounding the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

US calls on China to honour Tiananmen Square massacre victims

The Tiananmen Square massacre is something China wants the world to forget. On June 4, 1989, the Chinese military entered Beijing's Tiananmen Square and crushed a pro-democracy movement.

31 years after Tiananmen Square massacre, China stifles Hong Kong

Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong lit candles and chanted democracy slogans on Thursday to commemorate China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law.

Mass protests in Hong Kong over Tiananmen massacre

Today marks 31 years of the brutal crackdowns in modern history. China has raised the Tiananmen square massacre from its history books but there are many survivors to remember what happened on that fateful night in 1989. Watch report.

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