Arrest of pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong serious concern, says rights experts


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Hong Kong , October 13 (ANI): The arrest of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Chow Hang-Tung , on charges of "incitement to subversion" and being a foreign agent, is a source of "deep concern", UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday. The human rights lawyer, who was arrested on September 8, was a member of the Hong Kong Alliance, an advocacy group that organised an annual candlelight vigil marking the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square . Several other activists have been similarly arrested and charged under the National Security Law. The law came into force at...