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Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

UN ‘alarmed’ by Hong Kong arrests on Tiananmen Square anniversary

The United Nations says it is “alarmed” after dozens of people were detained in Hong Kong on the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Police detained 23 people on Sunday for “breaching public peace” as authorities tightened security on vigils marking the bloody crackdown by Chinese troops on pro-democracy protesters more than three decades ago.

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