A total of 1,553 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in India in the past 24 hours -- the country's largest single-day spike during the epidemic
15 Hong Kong activists were arrested over the weekend. Questions have been raised about the timingHong Kong Democratic Party founder Martin Lee leaves a police station in Hong Kong, on April 18. Kin Cheung/APAccording to the Hong Kong police, the 15 were arrested on charges that included organizing and participating in unauthorized assemblies between August and October last year, and announcing unauthorized public processions in September and October.
"There must be some people advising the Hong Kong government to do this, knowing the rest of the world would be too busy dealing with their own problems due to the virus," he said. "The prosecutors have always been discharging this constitutional duty independently and professionally, without fear or favour. No one should interfere or attempt to interfere with independent prosecutorial decisions which are based on an objective assessment of all admissible evidence and applicable laws, made strictly in accordance with the Prosecution Code which is available to the public," the spokesman added.
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