For decades, tens of thousands gathered annually in Hong Kong's Victoria Park for a candlelight vigil mourning those killed during Beijing's bloody crackdown on democracy movement in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. For decades, tens of thousands gathered annually in Hong Kong's Victoria Park for a candlelight vigil mourning those killed during Beijing's bloody crackdown on the democracy movement in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989. The massive commemoration every year stood as an enduring symbol of Hong Kong's special freedoms, which were unseen in mainland China. But since Beijing imposed a national security law on the city in 2020 to quash dissent, authorities have suppressed public events mourning the Tiananmen crackdown. FILE IMAGES of Tiananmen vigils from 2013 to 2023