Hong Kong issues arrest warrants for 19 activists based overseas
by Guardian staff and agencies from on (#6YXCH)
Authorities accuse activists linked to pro-democracy group Hong Kong Parliament of subversion
Hong Kong's national security police have issued arrest warrants for 19 activists based overseas, accusing them of subversion under a stringent national security law, marking the largest such tally yet.
They are accused of organising or participating in the Hong Kong Parliament, a pro-democracy group that authorities in the Asian financial hub say intended to subvert state power, under the law Beijing imposed in 2020 after months of pro-democracy protests in 2019.
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