China is preventing the commemoration of the bloody suppression of the student movement in Beijing 34 years ago. In Hong Kong, several well-known activists were taken away. For years, Hong Kong was the only city where the events in Tiananmen Square were still commemorated in large public vigils. Beijing enacted the so-called Security Law for the Special Administrative Region in 2020. It provides the authorities with draconian means of suppressing protests and has resulted in a ban on annual vigils and the arrest of organizers.
Edmund Wan, better known as radio personality Giggs, moved to B.C. last month after spending almost two years in prison in Hong Kong, having admitted to charges of sedition and money laundering that rights group Amnesty International says were politically motivated.