VIDEO | A BBC journalist was beaten and arrested during the protests in China

China protest arrest/ Photo: Matthew WALSH / AFP / Profimedia

Chinese police beat and arrested journalist on "the bbc who was covering the anti-coronavirus protests in Shanghai, but he was released from custody after several hours, his media outlet reported. The incident was recorded.

"The BBC is extremely concerned about the treatment of our journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested while covering the protests in Shanghai," a spokesman for the British public broadcaster said in a statement. "He was detained for several hours. During the arrest, the police beat and kicked him. This happened while he was working as an accredited journalist," added the spokesperson.

Shanghai is one of many Chinese cities protesting the strict restrictions due to covid-19. The protests spread after a building caught fire in Urumqi in the west of the country, and its residents could not escape the fire due to strict measures, in which ten people lost their lives.

The BBC says it has received no credible explanation for Lawrence's detention. "We have received no official explanation or apology from the Chinese authorities other than the claim by the officials, who later released him, that they arrested him for his own good in case he contracted Covid-19 from the crowd," according to the BBC.

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