HONG KONG — Hong Kong's government said on Wednesday it had canceled the passports of six democracy activists who fled to the United Kingdom, calling them "lawless wanted criminals."

Since authorities quashed massive and occasionally violent pro-democracy protests in 2019, Hong Kong has intensified a crackdown on dissent, enacting security laws that critics like the UK and the United States say have curbed the city's unique freedoms.

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