Dozens of Hong Kong democracy activists held in dawn raids
Arrests are the biggest crackdown yet under Beijing’s new security law
06 January 2021 - 08:06
Hong Kong — Police arrested dozens of leading democratic activists in Hong Kong on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the city's controversial security law in the biggest crackdown yet against the opposition camp since Beijing imposed the law in 2020.
The dawn swoop of the most prominent pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong was tied to an unofficial, independently organised vote in July 2020 to select opposition candidates for a legislative election that has since been postponed...
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