Hong Kong police said they detained 23 people on Sunday for "breaching public peace", including a 53-year-old woman for "obstructing police officers" as authorities ramped up security for the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Restrictions in Hong Kong have stifled what were once the largest vigils marking the anniversary of the bloody crackdown by Chinese troops on pro-democracy demonstrators, leaving cities like Taipei, London, New York and Berlin to keep the memory of June 4 alive.
Near Victoria Park, the previous site of yearly vigils, hundreds of police conducted stop and search operations, and deployed armoured vehicles and police vans.
Police on Monday said officers took away 11 men and 12 women aged between 20 and 74 who were suspected of "breaching the public peace at the scene".
Hong Kong activists say such police action is part of a broader campaign by China to crush dissent in the city that was promised continued freedoms for 50 years under a "one country, two systems" model when Britain handed it back in 1997.
Security is significantly tighter across Hong Kong this year, with up to 6,000 police deployed, including riot and anti-terrorism officers, according to local media.
Senior officials have warned people to abide by the law, but have refused to clarify if such commemoration activities are illegal under a national security law China imposed on Hong Kong in 2020 after sometimes violent mass pro-democracy protests.
In a statement, police said some had been arrested for seditious intent and for "breaching public peace".
In Beijing, Tiananmen Square was thronged with tourists taking pictures under the watchful eyes of police and other personnel but with no obvious sign of stepped-up security.
A group of relatives called the Tiananmen Mothers said the anguish never ended. "Though 34 years have passed, for us, family members of those killed, the pain of losing our loved ones in that one night has tormented us to this day," the group said in a statement released by the New York-based watchdog Human Rights in China.
警方在天安門週年紀念日在香港逮捕了23人
香港警方表示，他們週日以“破壞公共安寧”為由拘留了 23 人，其中包括一名 53 歲的婦女，罪名是“妨礙警察”，當局為紀念 1989 年天安門廣場鎮壓事件 34 週年加強了安保。
香港的限制措施扼殺了曾經規模最大的紀念中國軍隊血腥鎮壓親民主示威者周年紀念活動，讓台北、倫敦、紐約和柏林等城市繼續紀念 6 月 4 日。
在過去的年度守夜地點維多利亞公園附近，數百名警察進行了攔截和搜查行動，並部署了裝甲車和警車。
警方周一表示，警方帶走了 11 名男性和 12 名女性，年齡在 20 至 74 歲之間，涉嫌“擾亂現場治安”。
香港活動人士表示，警方的此類行動是中國鎮壓香港異見人士的更廣泛運動的一部分。1997 年英國將香港交還香港時，香港曾承諾在“一國兩制”模式下繼續享有 50 年的自由。
據當地媒體報導，今年香港各地的安全措施明顯加強，部署了多達 6,000 名警察，包括防暴和反恐官員。
高級官員警告人們遵守法律，但拒絕澄清此類紀念活動是否違反中國在 2020 年對香港實施的國家安全法，此前有時會發生暴力的大規模民主抗議活動。
警方在一份聲明中說，一些人因煽動意圖和“破壞公共和平”而被捕。
在北京，天安門廣場擠滿了在警察和其他人員注視下拍照的遊客，但沒有明顯加強安保的跡象。
一群被稱為天安門母親的親屬說，痛苦從未結束。 “雖然 34 年過去了，但對我們這些遇難者的家人來說，在那一晚失去親人的痛苦一直折磨著我們，”該組織在紐約監督機構 Human 發布的一份聲明中說。在中國的權利。
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