Public anger in China towards continuing COVID-19 lockdowns has sparked rare protests in a number of major cities. The latest demonstrations were prompted by a fatal fire in a high-rise apartment block in the north-western Xinjiang region
0:53People protesting against China's strict COVID lockdowns returned to the streets of Shanghai despite being forcibly removed by police using pepper spray only a few hours earlier.
But protesters were scathing."We just want our basic human rights," said one in Shanghai who did not want to be identified. "It is virtually impossible for people in China to protest peacefully without facing harassment and prosecution. He said police stomped on his feet as he tried to stop them from taking his friend away. He lost his shoes in the process, and left the protest barefoot.Sky News witnesses Shanghai protestReuters reported it had seen a video showing Beijing residents in an unidentifiable part of the city marching around an open-air carpark on Saturday shouting"end the lockdown".
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