Hong Kong arrests over 50 democracy activists in an unprecedented crackdown


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Flipboard Chair of the Civic Party Alan Leong (front third right) and other members shout slogans as they hold a press conference at the party headquarters in Hong Kong on January 6, 2021, following the arrest of dozens of opposition figures under the national security law. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images More than 50 pro-democracy and civil society leaders in Hong Kong have been arrested under China’s national security law , an unprecedented crackdown as Beijing tries to throttle Hong Kong’s remaining freedoms. Raids took place across Hong Kong in the early morning hours Wednesday, an operation that involved more...