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At Least 50 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Figures Arrested in Sweeping Pre-Dawn
Raids

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   At least 50 pro-democracy activists have been arrested in Hong Kong
   Wednesday in the biggest crackdown on opposition forces in the
   semi-autonomous city under the new national security law.

   Hong Kong news outlets say those arrested in the early Wednesday
   morning sweep were several members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party who
   took part in an unofficial primary election last July to pick
   candidates to run in legislative elections initially scheduled for
   September, which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
   candidates had hoped to win a majority of seats in the Legislative
   Council that would allow them to vote down proposed budgets and any
   legislation considered to be pro-Beijing.

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