04/06/2022 08:48 (UTC)

Vigil in San Francisco marks 33rd anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

San Francisco, Jun 3 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of people on Friday held a candlelight vigil in San Francisco to mark the 33rd anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre.

The Tiananmen demonstrations started as a student-led movement demanding democratic reforms following the death of reformist and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Yaobang on Apr. 15 in 1989. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).

SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A VIGIL AT PORTSMOUTH SQUARE IN SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN NEXT TO A REPLICA OF THE GODDESS OF DEMOCRACY STATUE IN MEMORY OF THE STUDENT-LED CHINESE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT AND THE 1989 CRACKDOWN IN TIANANMEN SQUARE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US.

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Date: 04/06/2022 12:00 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Human interest » Society
Politics
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 274 seconds
Reference: 7001173120
Relevance: Normal