Watch: Scenes from Hong Kong as Tiananmen Square vigil is banned, but the spirit of protest lives on

The annual Tiananmen Square vigil in Victoria Park was canceled for a second year in a row, but students ⁦@HKUniversity⁩ kept their traditional commemoration alive laying flowers at the Pillar of Shame. pic.twitter.com/XxASXb3kGb

— Keith Richburg (@keithrichburg) June 4, 2021

On the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Hong Kong's traditional vigils have been banned, and those who try to publicly commemorate the brutal crackdown face arrest. CNN's @klustout is at Victoria Park, the usual June 4 vigil location https://t.co/I2SHhgEGQA pic.twitter.com/FYfmCozydk

— CNN International (@cnni) June 4, 2021

Police surround an old man with a placard reading "conscience" outside Victoria Park, which was the venue of Hong Kong's June 4 vigil in previous years. The man was given a verbal warning, and officers followed him as he left. #Tiananmen32 pic.twitter.com/gltvkRZDjf

— Holmes Chan (@holmeschan_) June 4, 2021

Check it: June 4 graffiti sprayed on road pillars in Hong Kong. Stuck in #HongKong traffic and passing the numbers 64 in Roman numerals and in Chinese 六四. This sensitive number combo is banned in mainland China. Will it be here too under #NSL?@CBSNews is here. 🇭🇰 pic.twitter.com/B59pu3owpA

— Ramy Inocencio 英若明 (@RamyInocencio) June 4, 2021

“Don’t tell yourself there’s no light, particularly if you are in a dark tunnel. That doesn’t help. There must be light at the end of the tunnel,” said Han. #June4th #TiananmenSquare pic.twitter.com/hbPmc9WzKC

— Jessie Pang (@JessiePang0125) June 4, 2021

Lawyer and activist Chow Hang Tung is fighting to keep the memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown alive in Hong Kong, despite facing possible imprisonment for publicly commemorating the event https://t.co/g2oO8hzNcO pic.twitter.com/8tTE3WX6GW

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) June 2, 2021