China denounces criticism by US Secretary of State Pompeo on political prisoners and Tiananmen Square crackdown
A police vehicle is deployed in Tiananmen Square on the 30th anniversary of the crackdown on student-led protests by Beijing. June 6, 2019.
Among the students' demands in 1989 were a free press and freedom of speech, disclosure of leaders' assets and freedom to demonstrate. Extra checkpoints and street closures greeted tourists who showed up before 5 am to watch the daily flag-raising ceremony at the square. An honour guard marched across a barricaded road and raised the Chinese flag as the national anthem played.
Chinese authorities routinely take known dissidents away on what are euphemistically called "vacations" or otherwise silence them during sensitive political times.Human rights groups say restrictions have also been placed on members of the Tiananmen Mothers group, whose sons were killed in the military action.
"The Chinese government not only did not plan to repent for the past mistake, but it also continued to cover up the truth," Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said in a Facebook post. Tourists thronged Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Tuesday amid tighter-than-usual security, although most visitors approached by Reuters said they were unaware of the crackdown or would not discuss it.
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