A coalition of international lawmakers calls for the immediate release of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists arrested by the city’s national security police a year ago. “The arrests demonstrated beyond any doubt the Chinese government’s intent to use the National Security Law to wipe out all forms of political opposition in Hong Kong,” said the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) in a Feb. 28 statement. The group was among the 53 pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers, and politicians arrested on Jan. 6, 2021, that drew international condemnations. The mass arrests follow their participation in unofficial primary polls in June 2020, aimed at selecting legislature candidates for a since-postponed city election. The informal poll that drew over 600,000 votes was later declared illegal by the communist regime in Beijing. Hong Kong police charged the 47 with conspiracy to commit subversion under the city’s national security law last February. The national security law, …