Tens of thousands of people participate in a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park June 4, 2013, to mark the 24th anniversary of the military crackdown of the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters massed in a rain soaked Hong Kong park on Tuesday at a candlelight vigil to urge China to respect human rights on the 24th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
In China, most mention of the anniversary was censored from the Internet. Security was tight in Beijing, where on June 3 and June 4 in 1989, China's leaders ordered troops to open fire on demonstrators and sent in tanks to crush a months long, student-led, pro-democracy movement, killing hundreds.
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