Candlelight on 4 Jun 悼念六四，守護民主
Candlelight on 4 Jun ; Protect the Democracy
The Hong Kong Scots CIC, the Hong Kong diaspora group in Scotland, hosted the candlelight vigil to commemorate victims of the Tiananmen massacre on the 4th of June evening at Prince Street Garden in the heart of Edinburgh. And there were over 250 attendees to join the vigil.
Since three years ago, the Hong Kong regimes have banned the vigil with various excuses and suppressed Hongkongers several times. Candles are lit in Hong Kong, but the commemoration never stops, the ideas never die, and the candles still light. No matter where, as long as the candlelight is in your hand, you can pay tribute to the heroes of democracy!
Hongkongers diaspora community still uphold the spirit of freedom, democracy, and human rights, reminding the CCP’s various evil deeds.
Australian student who attended the vigil: Happy to hear there are Hongkongers support the Blank Paper Protest
An international student from Australia saw that besides the rundowns and candles, there were also blank papers at the entrance. After the vigil, she asked our member,
“I am from Australia. In my country, I knew there is some conflict between Hongkongers and Chinese. Glad to have a nice vigil today. Did you organised the Blank Paper Protest last year?”
Our member firstly clarified that the Blank Paper Protest was organised by the Chinese international students as the main characters, and continued,”our members had attended and showed our support to the protest. As a group of Hongkongers who caring democracy, freedoms and human rights, we always support the like-minded, no matter the identity, race and nationality; just liked we have invited Tibetan, Uyghur, Chinese,Scots and British to join the vigil. Anyone who support democracy, freedoms and human rights are friends of Hongkongers.”
“Happy to hear there are Hongkongers support the Blank Paper Protest. Um… You know that not only the Chinese government, most government are bad. My government spits a propaganda that Chinese are spies and destructive. Diverged people in the country. The Blank Paper Protest did not receive much support, including Hong Kongers.”
She and our member agreed that if possible, Hongkongers could give a hand to others who needed, no matter the identity, race and nationality. We also discussed about the Refugee Ban Bill and the Joint Statement we signed.
Despite the haze of the CCP’s overseas police stations, Hongkongers, Tibetans, Uyghur, Taiwanese, pro-democracy Chinese who those oppressed by the CCP, international Organization, British and Scots, etc. participated in this event. More than 250 people attended the candlelight vigil. Thank you for all who attending.
悼念六四，守護民主
我等愛丁堡市中心的Prince Street Garden舉行了悼念天安門屠城死難者集會。「六四」不僅僅是北京的一場血腥鎮壓和屠城，也是與香港民主運動、人權息息相關的事件。從六四到七一，從 #反國教 運動、#雨傘運動、旺角魚旦，到2019年的香港 #反送中運動；香港人對民主、自由、人權的追求從未停歇，至今依然如此。
過去多年，香港人習慣在銅鑼灣維園、尖沙咀悼念六四。然而，自三年前開始，港府以各種藉口禁止悼念，港人只能轉移到社區悼念，並受到一系列打壓。即使在流散的港人未能在香港點燃燭光，悼念的火焰從未熄滅，我們的心永不止息，燭光依然閃耀。
無論身在何處，只要我們舉起手中的蠟燭，就能向民主英烈致敬！
作為身處外地的香港人，我們堅守著自由、民主和人權的價值觀！我們要提醒身邊的人關注中共種種惡行。
參與悼念澳大利亞學生：真高興聽到香港人有支持 #白紙運動。
一位來自澳洲留學生在入場處提出了關於「白紙運動」的問題，除了場刊和蠟燭之外，我們還提供了白紙。他問道：「我來自澳洲，在我的家鄉，我見過香港人與中國人之間的衝突；今日在這見到一場由香港人舉行的六四晚會，我想知道你們是如何看待去年的白紙運動？你們有參與嗎？」
成員表示：「由於白紙運動中，中國人及中國留學生才是主角；作為香港人組織，上年並無舉行白紙運動，但組織亦有派員出席並表示支持；作為關注民主、自由、人權的組織，亦會支持其他同道中人，不分種族身份，正如晚會亦有邀請西藏、維吾爾、中國、蘇格蘭及不列顛代表。只要同為支持民主、自由、人權者，亦會是我們這個香港人組織的朋友。」
「嗯。真高興聽到香港人有支持白紙運動。並不只有中國政府，世界很多政府都一樣不太好；就好像我的政府，不斷宣傳中國人都是間諜及有害的，上年的白紙運動也沒有得到多少支持，包括（在澳大利亞的）香港人也沒有支持。」
聽到白紙運動在澳大利亞得到的支持不多後，成員表示：「希望可以的話，香港人能夠以香港人角度出發，支持其他人支持民主自由，不論種族身分；就如敝組織都知道倫敦政府一步步收緊難民及移民政策，亦有參與關於《#難民拒絕法》的聯署。從三十年的六四晚會到展現出香港人的普世價值的反送中運動，香港人理解到由價值觀組成的關係，並不限於血族親疏，略盡棉力幫助其他同道中人。」
其後這位來自澳大利亞的留學生與成再就一些人權議題及一些人權組織聯署等再多交流一段時間。
與去年 300人相仿，縱有中共 #海外警署 等等陰霾，香港人連同國際組織、英國及蘇格蘭本地人、嚮往民主的中國人，受中共壓迫之藏人、#維吾爾人、#台灣人 等參與，本次悼念晚會亦有逾 250人出席，特別鳴謝以下人士：
蘇格蘭議會議員 Ross Greer
最後一任港督 #彭定康 勳爵
Zahid, Stand4 Uyghurs
香港第六屆區議員 張嘉莉 Clara Cheung
Leo Tsui
高志活先生
國際特赦組織英國分會
每一位參加晚會的朋友
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