Dozens of pro-democracy activists detained and charged with subversion in Hong Kong


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Dozens of pro-democracy activists and opposition figures were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion in Hong Kong Sunday, in the largest single crackdown on the opposition under the national security law imposed by Beijing last year. Hong Kong police said in a statement that 47 people had been detained and would appear in court on Monday. The police did not name the people who had been charged. But a slew of social media posts quickly appeared naming some of them and local media filmed them as the reported to police stations after they were summoned by the authorities. Joshua Wong...