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The Hong Kong authorities released the vast majority of 55 democracy activists arrested on bail.
However, three of them remained in custody on Friday, including the internationally known activist and WELT AM SONNTAG columnist Joshua Wong, the activist Tam Tak Chi and the former leader of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong, Wu Chi Wai.
The activists were taken into custody in a mass arrest on Wednesday.
It was the largest crackdown on the democracy advocates since Beijing passed a controversial so-called security law for the special administrative zone.
Wong and Tam Tak Chi were already in jail on other charges.
Activists were charged with participating in an unauthorized primary election in 2020, which authorities believed was part of a plan to cripple Hong Kong's parliament and undermine the power of the state.
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One of those arrested on Wednesday, former pro-democracy MP Lam Cheuk Ting, further expected that he and his associates could face charges under the security law.
"They haven't made any allegations against us yet," said Lam.
"But I am very sure that sooner or later they will prosecute us, regardless of whether they have enough evidence or not." The basis for a prosecution in Hong Kong is not evidence, but a "political decision" by the authorities.