Former lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Martin Lee talkingto members of the media as he leaves the Central District police station in Hong Kong on Saturday (April 18) after being arrested and accused of organising and taking part in an unlawful assembly in August last year. Police in Hong Kong carried out a sweeping operation against high-profile democracy campaigners on Saturday, arresting 14 activists on charges related to massive protests that rocked the Asian financial hub last year. - AFP
HONG KONG: Foreign governments on Sunday (April 19) criticised the arrest of 15 Hong Kong democracy activists in a police sweep on charges of organising and participating in anti-government protests last year.
The arrests on Saturday were the biggest crackdown on the city's pro-democracy movement since the outbreak of mass protests last year.
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