Lesbian pop star Denise Ho arrested amid growing crackdown against China’s critics

Ho, a regionally well-known pop star who came out in 2012, has been targeted by China as a threat. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned her arrest.

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Lesbian pop star and regionally famous pro-democracy activist Denise Ho was one of seven people arrested on Wednesday morning by national security police in Hong Kong. She was released on Thursday afternoon.

All seven arrestees were linked to the pro-democracy news website Stand News and were accused of “conspiracy to publish seditious material,” a colonial-era crime punishable by two years in jail and a fine of up to 5,000 Hong Kong dollars ($640).

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Ho served as a former board member for the publication, Go magazine reported. Police searched her home for two hours, taking her phones and computers as well as her identification card and passport, CNN reported. Police also searched the publication’s offices, seizing materials there too.

On Wednesday, police also arrested Stand News editor…

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