At least 1,900 Hong Kongers took the streets to call for democracy on a sweltering Sunday afternoon, an energetic prelude to Wednesday's scheduled mass vigil honoring the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The protesters, many of whom were students, marched to Hong Kong's government headquarters shouting "democracy now" and "end one-party rule." A team carried a massive banner demanding Chinese leaders formally acknowledge what happened on June 4th, 1989, while others carried signs demanding the release of political prisoners such as Nobel Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo. One of the lead marchers was Yvonne Leung, 20, the president of the Hong Kong University Students Union.
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At least 1,900 Hong Kongers took the streets to call for democracy
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Marcher: "My main concern is to end one-party rule in China"
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Protest foreshadows even larger planned demonstrations
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