Taiwan president condemns arrest of 53 Hong Kong activists ... | taiwan hk news
TAIPEI(TaiwanNews)—TaiwanPresidentTsaiIng-wen(蔡英文)onWednesday(Jan.6)condemnedthearrestofover50pro-democracyactivistsinHongKongandcalledontheworldsdemocraciestospeakoutagainstChinaspoliticalrepressionintheterritory. InthebiggestcrackdownagainstHongKongsdemocracymovementsincethedraconiannationalsecuritylawwaspassedlastyear,HongKongpoliceonWednesdaymorningarrested53formerlawmakersanddemocracyproponents.Theactivistswerearrestedforallegedlybreachingthenationalsecuritylawbytakingpartin...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Wednesday (Jan. 6) condemned the arrest of over 50 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and called on the worlds democracies to speak out against Chinas political repression in the territory.
In the biggest crackdown against Hong Kongs democracy movement since the draconian national security law was passed last year, Hong Kong police on Wednesday morning arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents. The activists were arrested for allegedly breaching the national security law by taking part in unofficial election primaries for last years legislative elections, which were postponed.
On Wednesday evening, Tsai posted a tweet in which she described the act as a "blow to freedom in Hong Kong." She vowed that Taiwan will "continue to resolute...