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May 31, 2009

Thousands Rally in Hong Kong to Mark Tiananmen Anniversary
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Hong Kong demonstrators were joined by Tiananmen protest leader Xiong
Yan, who lives in exile in US 
Thousands of protesters have marched through Hong Kong to mark the
upcoming anniversary of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing's
Tiananmen Square. Xiong Yan, center, flashes a victory sign during a
march to the government office in Hong Kong, 31 May 2009 About 5,000
demonstrators rallied Sunday in the part of Chinese territory where
public commemorations of the events of 1989 are permitted. Protesters
urged the government in Beijing to reverse its verdict condemning the
Tiananmen protests as a counterrevolutionary riot. They called for
justice for the victims of the Chinese government's crackdown on June
3rd and 4th in which hundreds and possibly thousands of students and
workers were killed on the streets of the Chinese capital. The Hong Kong
demonstrators were joined by Tiananmen protest leader Xiong Yan, who
lives in exile in the United States. Although Xiong was permitted entry
to Hong Kong, Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot was refused. Galschiot
created a sculpture commemorating Tiananmen victims. The French news
agency, AFP, said a small group of students from the Chinese mainland
joined the protest. AFP said the students wore t-shirts emblazoned with
a quote from Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, who said, "Whoever
suppresses student movements is bound to have a bad end."Some
information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.


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