4 Hong Kong Activists Arrested for Online Posts Under New Security Law


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July 30, 2020 HONG KONG — The Hong Kong police have arrested four people over social media posts that called for the city to become independent from China, an early indication that the authorities will strictly enforce a new national security law and crack down on speech that is now considered illegal. The sweep on Wednesday appears to be the first targeted arrests of activists under the new law, which came into force a month ago and gives the Chinese government broad new powers over the semiautonomous territory. It had already been cited in the arrests of about a dozen...