Organizers of an annual vigil to commemorate the Chinese Communist government's bloody crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 said on Saturday they had lost an appeal to hold this year's rally.
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Hong Kong organizers lose appeal to hold Tiananmen vigil on June 4
COVID cited in ban on rally to remember crackdown on pro-democracy protests
Thousands of people hold a candlelight vigil to mark the 31st anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protests at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, after police rejected a mass annual vigil amid concerns about COVID-19, at Victoria Park, Hong Kong, on June 4, 2020. © Reuters
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