Dozens of Leading Hong Kong Dissidents Charged With Subversion

Dozens of Leading Hong Kong Dissidents Charged With Subversion
Pro-democracy activist Benny Tai is greeted by media members as he arrives to report to the police station over national security law charges in Hong Kong on Feb. 28, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Forty-seven Hong Kong dissidents were charged on Feb. 28 with conspiracy to commit subversion, in the largest single clampdown on the city’s pro-democracy opposition under a Beijing-imposed “national security law.”

Sam Cheung, a young activist and a participant in an unofficial primary election last summer, was dressed in a black mask and accompanied by his wife when he was charged after reporting to a local police station.