The pro-democracy group Hong Kong Alliance has decided to disband as pressure from Beijing continues, the group said on Saturday. The activist collective, dubbed the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China, is the latest to buckle under the strain of a crackdown by Chinese authorities. Factions aligned with Beijing have ramped up pressure after pushing through a sweeping national security law in the once largely autonomous enclave. The majority of the members of the pro-democracy group voted for disbandment. Under the Hong Kong national security law, anything deemed to be subversive by Chinese authorities can be punished with up to life in jail.
