New | Tiananmen activists launch months-long hunger strike to call for Beijing accountability
Campaign, dubbed a "global siege", will also feature protests around the world leading up to the June 4 anniversary
A group of June 4th dissidents launched a five-month hunger strike in memory of those who died in the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago, as well as to continue calling for accountability from Beijing over the incident.
Their campaign, dubbed “a global siege” in Chinese, will also feature a series of protests at China’s major embassies and diplomatic missions worldwide on June 4 this year.
The hunger strike was kicked off by organiser Wang Dan on New Year’s Day, and was joined by lawmaker Albert Ho Chun-yan, as well as League of Social Democrats members Andrew To Kwan-hang and Avery Ng Man-yuen on the three days that followed.
Wang said supporters around the world had been passing on the torch since then and he was confident that the effort would continue until June 4, when it ends.
“We hope that the [Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China] will support us on that day by holding their [annual candlelight vigil] in Victoria Park,” Wang said.
The alliance’s chairman, Lee Cheuk-yan, said he would discuss the issue with Wang on Saturday when they were to meet at a seminar hosted by Wang’s New School for Democracy in Taipei.
“It’s not a problem for [more of] us to join in the hunger strike and to protest outside the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong,” Lee said.