Hong Kong police have arrested an eighth person for social media posts commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown, marking the first arrests under the new national security legislation.
Meanwhile, at the offices of Amnesty International in London, a group of actors rehearse a scene from a play, one that tells the story of an elderly couple mourning their son who died in the massacre.
Increasing restrictions have stifled Tiananmen commemoration vigils in Hong Kong, leaving cities like London and Taipei to keep the memory alive. It’s a scene that depicts the 1989 4th of June Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, during which troops opened fire on pro-democracy protesters resulting in hundreds, if not thousands, dead.
"May 35th"’s London production was produced by Lit Ming-wai, part of the Hong Kong diaspora who moved to the U.K. after the enactment of the 2020 security law. For prominent Tiananmen scholar Rowena He, the production had a profound effect on her when she watched it last week.
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