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[産経ニュース @Sankei_news]

香港民主派、５０人以上逮捕　当局、国安法の取り締まり本格化
https://t.co/nU0gfDwYPl

今回逮捕されたのは予備選に出馬したメンバーらとみられている。

[Laurel Chor @laurelchor]

Local media are reporting that dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists & politicians have been arrested under the National Security Law. This is the biggest crackdown so far under the NSL & the biggest ever wave of arrests of major pro-democracy figures in one day in HK.

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

50!

50 #HongKongers

Whose only crime is peacefully standing for election, helping organise elections or upholding the democracy they were promised

@vonderleyen @JoeBiden @BorisJohnson @ScottMorrisonMP @JustinTrudeau @antonioguterres: time to act

Not just to speak, but to act

[Sunny Cheung @SunnyCheungky]

When US is handling the election certification, HK gov just arrests nearly all pro-democracy activists and nominees in the primaries today.

As a nominee in the democratic primaries, I urge the US gov and Free World to stay alert and stand with HK by all means.
@JoeBiden @POTUS

[Margaret McCuaig-Johnston 🇨🇦 @M_Johnston1]

In Hong Kong, the authorities are right now arresting all the democratic nominees who participated in the primaries — 50 candidates! Hong Kong has just become the frontline of China’s new totalitarian state.

[Hong Kong Watch @hk_watch]

We strongly condemn the arrests of pro-democracy activists who stood in last year's democratic primaries. Beijing is once again undermining Hong Kong's democracy & breaching its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

[Joey Siu 邵嵐 @_joeysiu]

The 50 people arrested this morning are the most vocal pro-democracy voices left in Hong Kong.

However, as they are arrested under the NSL, whether bail will be granted to them remains unknown.

Looking forward to response from Team @JoeBiden & the EU.

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

Winning an election is subversion of the state.

Ok then.

A reminder that we signed a treaty promising to protect #HongKong from stuff like this. Where are those promises now?

[Nathan Law 羅冠聰 @nathanlawkc]

BREAKING:
HK activists & politicians are arrested under "subversion" due to their participation in pro-democracy camp's primary election.
When one of the most critical Senate races is ongoing in the US, in HK, participation in elections could lead to life-long imprisonment.

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

#BREAKING Police also raided Joshua’s home for allegedly violating the national security law this morning as he took part in the primary election last year. 50+ democratic activists were arrested.

[Finn Lau 劉祖廸 @finnlau_cd]

Update:
>50 pro-democracy activists and/ or District Councillors have been arrested at 6am in #HongKong.

Right before the US Electoral-Vote Count on 6th Jan.

[Finn Lau 劉祖廸 @finnlau_cd]

BREAKING:
Dozens of winners of 2020 #HongKong pro-democracy primaries, such as Lester Shum, Ventus Lau, Fergus Leung and Gwyneth Ho, have been arrested under the National Security Law.

Worse still, there is #NO presumption of innocence under the #NSL.

[Joey Siu 邵嵐 @_joeysiu]

Organizer of the democratic primaries, Professor Benny Tai @yttai was also arrested this morning, alongside all other candidates.

[William Yang @WilliamYang120]

Breaking: Five pro-democracy politicians in #HongKong have just been arrested by police this morning for violating the #NSL, including Tiffany Yuen, Gwyneth Ho, Alvin Yeung, Fergus Leung and Ventus Lau. Four of them were related to participation in the Legco primary.

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

So winning elections is subversion?

#CCP is only doing this to #HongKong because Britain & the free world has responded to grave breaches of an international treaty with mere words

@DominicRaab @BorisJohnson words don't work with #XiJinping. Actions might

#TimeforSanctions

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

The scale of this crackdown is unprecedented.

The free world must now act in an unprecedentedly robust manner.

Tough, targeted, coordinated sanctions.

A generous worldwide lifeboat scheme.

A UN Special Rapporteur

Cancellation of the ridiculous EU-CCP investment deal.

NOW.

[Joey Siu 邵嵐 @_joeysiu]

Indian-Hongkongese Jeffrey Andrews, the city’s first minority social worker was also arrested this morning.

He also stood for the “35+” democratic primaries, for Kowloon West constituency.

[Joey Siu 邵嵐 @_joeysiu]

More than 50 of Hong Kong’s most vocal activists and organizers were arrested under the National Security Law for participating / organizing the 2020 “35+” democratic primaries this morning.

Expecting more.

[Frances Sit @frances_sit]

#BREAKING #HongKong wakes up to another round of arrests of pro-democracy activists. Several ppl, includ LSD's Leung Kwok-hung, Tiffany Yuen from disbanded Demosisto & Ventus Lau, were arrested over #NationalSecurityLaw, for joining pan-dems Legco primaries in July.