**Hong Kong police arrest 47 pro-democracy activists in record crackdown**
Hong Kong police have arrested 47 pro-democracy activists in a sweeping crackdown, the largest since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on the city last year.
The arrests were made on Sunday and Monday, and included some of the city’s most prominent pro-democracy figures, such as Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam.
The activists are being held on suspicion of violating the national security law, which criminalizes acts of secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces.
The arrests have been widely condemned by international rights groups, who say they are a further erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong.
The United States has called the arrests .
