HONG KONG—The arrest of veteran pro-democracy figures has stirred anger amid supporters of a protest movement that has stayed off the streets during the coronavirus pandemic and spurred phone calls to restart demonstrations this summer months.

On Saturday, Hong Kong law enforcement arrested additional than a dozen pro-democracy legal professionals and activists. Much more than 7,five hundred folks have been arrested during the class of the protests that rocked the metropolis for significantly of final year, but lots of of these have been for alleged functions of violence and vandalism. Saturday’s…