Democracy Activist, Others Arrested As Hong Kong Police Clampdown On Protesters
FILE PHOTO: Police fire tear gas in Tseun Wan in Hong Kong on August 25, 2019 in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city. Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFPProminent democracy activists including a lawmaker were arrested on Friday in a dragnet across Hong Kong — a move described by rights groups as a well-worn tactic deployed by China to suffocate dissent ahead of key political events.
It was a pivotal moment, sparking the 79-day Umbrella Movement in 2014, which seeded the ground for today’s protests.Bonnie Leung of the Civil Human Rights Front , the avowedly peaceful rally organiser, said it had “no option but to cancel the march” after an appeal to hold the rally was rejected. The arrests are a sign of the “spread of ‘white terror'”, said Issac Cheng of Demosisto, the party co-founded by Wong, deploying a commonly-used term for China’s efforts to fragment and harass Hong Kong’s protest movement.
Pro-democracy campaigner, Rick Hui — a district councillor — and former student leader Althea Suen were also arrested separately.But that has failed to snuff out a leaderless movement, which says freedoms in the city, unique within China, are being eviscerated by Beijing. Those included a mass shopping trip, football match and impromptu religious gatherings in downtown Hong Kong, while a YouTuber with 800,000 followers called a fan meeting.
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