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Hong Kong Police Arrest Defiant Leaders Of The Tiananmen Square Vigils

Chow Hang-tung (shown here in September 2021), vice chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, was among the four leaders of the Hong Kong activist group arrested after defying a police request to cooperate in a national security investigation, the group said on Wednesday. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption

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Hong Kong Police Arrest Defiant Leaders Of The Tiananmen Square Vigils

Four organizers of the event were arrested for refusing to cooperate in an investigation, a challenge to the national security law that has resulted in the arrest of dozens of pro-democracy activists.

Wednesday

China's Tough Hong Kong Law Turns 1 Year Old — And It's Already Grown Teeth

Hong Kong police show their new goose step marching style on National Security Education Day at a police school in Hong Kong on April 15. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption

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China's Tough Hong Kong Law Turns 1 Year Old — And It's Already Grown Teeth

Apple Daily was closed, universities were muzzled and prominent activists were either jailed or exiled. The national security law has surely made an impact in Hong Kong in its first year in force.

China's Tough Hong Kong Law Turns 1 Year Old — And It's Already Grown Teeth

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