Hong Kong democracy activists in call to ‘end one-party dictatorship’ at June 4 ceremony despite earlier warning
The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China held a wreath-laying ceremony to remember June 4 victims and said it would not stop chanting its slogans
Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong on Thursday called for an end to “one-party dictatorship” in China, as they marked the deaths of students and activists in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on the day of the Ching Ming Festival.
The alliance also set up promotional material about social activism in China, with some banners saying: “End one-party dictatorship.”
An “end to one-party dictatorship” – along with “building a democratic China” and “vindicating the Tiananmen Square crackdown” – has been one of the alliance’s main principles since its formation in 1989. It also organises the annual June 4 vigil in Hong Kong.
Alliance chairman Albert Ho Chun-yan said the group would not stop chanting the slogan.