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Tiananmen Square protest monuments are removed in Hong Kong

Two more Hong Kong universities on Friday (24) removed public monuments in honor of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, following the removal of a sculpture commemorating victims of repression at another university during the week.

The removals at Chinese University and Lingnan University from the global financial hub came with the application of national security laws imposed by China.

Human rights activists say the law is being used to suppress civil society, imprison democracy activists and curb basic freedoms, but officials say security laws managed to regain stability after the mass protests in 2019.

Just before dawn, a 6.4 meter tall bronze statue representing the “Goddess of Democracy” holding a flame aloft was removed from a public square at Chinese University.

In a statement, the university said that the “unauthorized statue” had been removed after an “internal evaluation”.

The sculpture, which has been on campus for more than a decade, was created from the 10-meter-tall plaster and foam statue that was erected by students on Tiananmen Square to symbolize the struggle and quest for freedom and democracy in China ruled by the Communist Party.

Reference: CNN Brasil

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