Vigils in a sentence

There have been large candlelight vigils attended by tens of thousands in Hong Kong every year since 1989 and these vigils have continued following the transfer of power to the PRC in 1997.

As fuel poverty campaigners hold vigils around the country, Cornwall Green Party member Zoe Howard is taking action with campaigning group Don’t Pay UK.

It happened at 11pm and while jubilant Brexiteers partied, many Remainers – especially in Scotland – lit candles and held vigils across the UK.

Several candlelight vigils are held in their honor.

Sinéad O'Connor, whose family confirmed on Wednesday, July 26 died in London, was remembered fondly on Thursday night at vigils in both Dublin and London.

Thousands of people gathered at emotional vigils - at the university on Wednesday and then in the Old Market Square in the city centre on Thursday - where relatives addressed the crowds and paid tribute to their loved ones.

Vigils have been held across the country for Brianna, a transgender girl.

According to the letter, the decision follows failure by RFA and Ministry of Transport and Public Works to act on their grievances when they were holding vigils.

Activities included poetry readings, community dialogues, poster and button making, graduation gown and cap decoration and candlelight vigils.

Almost 400 people trying to mourn Alexei Navalny at vigils across Russia have been detained with the ‘characteristic cruelty of the Kremlin’, a human rights group has said.

Critics of the plans for buffer zones argue banning protest and vigils would threaten rights to freedom of speech, religion and protest.

Details of other vigils have been circulating on social media, with memorials reportedly planned in London, Liverpool, Glasgow and Manchester this weekend.

Her death has had an immense impact, as we saw from the many vigils in her memory.

In an interview yesterday, one of the contractors Stanley Gwaza said the group planned to start holding the vigils yesterday to force RFA to pay for work measured.

In solidarity with Israel, she has attended small vigils and peaceful gatherings, but her hope, once unshakeable, is diminishing.

One of them was Ron Kaz, who had been attending vigils against the death penalty in South Carolina since 1985.

People pay attention to the fear and panic, to the blood and the funerals, to the vigils and the trials.

The campaign aims to have participants hold prayer vigils nonstop, around the clock, for the 40-day, 960-hour period.

The concerned Citizens of Malawi led by fearless human rights activist Edward Kambanje disclosed the plans to hold vigils during a press briefing held on Tuesday in Blantyre.

The vigils are being held from 6am each Saturday and Sunday morning until the end of August, and were in place across July.