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Report: China Arresting Pro-Democracy Protesters In Hong Kong

Emily Zanotti
Report: China Arresting Pro-Democracy Protesters In Hong Kong
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“Dozens” of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been arrested in a “sweeping crackdown” — the first mass arrest under a “national security law” passed in China allowing Chinese security forces to operate within the city-state.

The Guardian reports that “more than 50 pro-democracy politicians and campaigners have been arrested in early morning raids in Hong Kong, in an unprecedented crackdown by authorities on the opposition in the region.”

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