National security clampdown casts shadow over Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil

The future of Hong Kong’s annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre – which was officially banned for the first time in three decades last year due to Covid-19 restrictions – has been cast into further doubt after the city’s leader, Carrie Lam, invoked the Beijing-imposed national security law. When asked by … Continue reading National security clampdown casts shadow over Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil