47 Hong Kong pro-democracy opposition activists arrested


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dpa Hong Kong Forty-seven supporters of the pro-democracy opposition in Hong Kong have been arrested for alleged violations of a controversial security law, local media reported on Sunday. The accused are to appear in court on Monday on charges of conspiring to subvert state power, according to the South China Morning Post. The formal charges came after the activists were preliminarily detained during a police crackdown in January. They were later released. Eight of the activists involved in that case were not charged, according to the report. Among those charged is Joshua Wong, one of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement’s...