About 50 pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers, and politicians were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning, drawing international condemnation. They were arrested on suspicion of subversion, a crime under Beijing’s national security law, for their roles in a primary vote held by the pan-democracy camp ahead of the Legislative Council (LegCo) elections in September last year, according to a Facebook post by local pro-democracy group Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF). The arrests made on Jan. 6 mark the largest mass arrests since the national security law went into effect on June 30. The law punishes crimes such as subversion and secession with a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. The primary elections, organized by local political association Power for Democracy, were held on July 11 and July 12, with the aim of selecting the most promising pro-democracy candidates to run for legislative office. The pan-democracy camp was hoping to win a …