Hong Kong police arrest eight over university protest

Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, right, and Ivan Lam are escorted onto a prison van last week. An ongoing crackdown on dissent in the territory led to eight more arrests on Monday following a recent protest (Kin Cheung/AP)

Hong Kong authorities on Monday arrested eight people in connection with an unauthorised protest at a university campus last month, police and local media said, amid a widening crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

The arrests were reportedly made in relation to a demonstration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in which more than 100 people protested against a decision to hold graduation ceremonies online. Such ceremonies are often used as a way for students to express political views.