BBC Journalist Assaulted In China: Chinese police have been accused of assaulting an international journalist. It has been claimed that the journalist was shooting the protests against the Zero Kovid policy in China. Meanwhile, the Chinese police took the journalist into custody. He was released after being detained for several hours.
News agency Reuters quoted a spokesman for the British public service broadcaster as saying: “The BBC is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested and handcuffed while covering protests in Shanghai. He was detained for several hours before being released. He was beaten and kicked by the police during his arrest. This happened when he was working as an accredited journalist.”
Let us tell you that Shanghai is one of the many Chinese cities where there are protests against the strict restrictions of Kovid. Protests intensified over the weekend after a deadly fire in Xinjiang, with COVID restrictions being blamed for hindering rescue efforts.
‘No explanation or apology’
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The BBC said they had not been given a credible explanation or apology for Lawrence’s detention. The BBC said, “We have no official explanation or apology from the Chinese authorities.” Come on.”
Corona cases increasing in China
Corona virus cases are increasing rapidly in China and the government has implemented strict covid restrictions in many provinces including Beijing and Shanghai. However, now people seem unhappy with the government’s Covid control policy and are protesting on the streets. Demonstrations are intensifying in different cities of China. If media reports are to be believed, there have been clashes between the protesters and the police in some cities.
Demand to step down from Xi Jinping
DW News East Asia correspondent William Yang posted a video on Twitter that shows people protesting against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) led by Xi Jinping on ‘Urumqi Road’. Citizens raised slogans such as “Remove Communist Party”, “Remove Communist Party” and “Remove Xi Jinping”.
In a series of tweets regarding the protests in Shanghai, William Yang said that countless people gathered on Urumqi Road and chanted, “I don’t want the PCR test, I want freedom.” In another tweet, William Yang said, people called for ending the lockdown in Xinjiang as well.
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