Police in Hong Kong have detained pro-democracy activists on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Authorities have banned public commemoration of the 1989 incident, which saw China crush peaceful protests in Beijing with tanks and troops.

The death toll from the 1989 violence remains unknown and the Communist Party relentlessly harasses those who seek to keep the memory of the events alive.

Police in Hong Kong have arrested pro-democracy activists on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Authorities have banned public commemoration of the 1989 incident, which saw China crush peaceful protests in Beijing with tanks and troops.

Pro-Beijing groups in Hong Kong opened a food “carnival” in a public park that used to hold an annual candlelight vigil for the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown

Police in Hong Kong arrested four people and detained another four pending an investigation on the eve of the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre in Beijing. Police said in a release that four people were arrested for alleged “disorder in public spaces” or for acting “with seditious intention.

With candlelight vigils to the victims of the 1989 crushed student uprising in Beijing now only a memory, the anniversary is also a reminder of the freedoms Hong Kong has lost.

At least 10 people have been detained in Hong Kong after trying to commemorate the 34th Tiananmen Square anniversary