Hongkongers who fled the suppression of freedoms in their home city took part in an annual candlelit vigil outside the Chinese Embassy in London on Saturday to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Over 2,000 people lit candles, listened to speeches—including recordings from mothers of the thousands of 1989 victims—and held a minute’s silence in what was believed to be the biggest remembrance event outside of the Chinese-speaking world.
Police twice prevented protesters placing a large, cardboard military tank outside the embassy’s doors.
Several demonstrators temporarily blocked the road outside the building in Portland Place, symbolically lying under the model tank painted with “never forget June 4” in Chinese and daubed in red paint to signify blood….