A video purportedly from Guangzhou in China shows protesters breaking down barriers as they protest against the nation.‘Severe confinement policy for COVID-19.
In a video posted by Disclose.tv, hundreds of people march down the street, breaking down barriers and chanting. At one point, people turn and run the other way, kicking over the barriers that remain standing.
China has maintained a strict policy called zero-COVID in which it would lock down entire cities with only a few cases of COVID-19 detected in order to identify and isolate infected people. The treatment of these people has bordered on the inhumane.
Authorities ordered the arrest of nine lockdown officers in Shandong province who had beaten a resident who refused to comply with orders, after a video captured the incident that went viral online.
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Local police said they arrested the workers for using “excessive force.”
“The public security force will take severe measures against illegal and criminal acts that threaten the personal safety of citizens and other legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the law, and will spare no effort to maintain social harmony and stability,” police said in a statement. statement.
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Last week, officials reaffirmed their commitment to the policy, saying prevention measures must not be relaxed.
China’s lockdown enforcers were arrested after being seen beating civilians.
(Viral press)
The lockdowns have seen millions of residents placed under excessive restrictions as the government conducts its tests: Across China, 65 million citizens in more than 30 cities remained in lockdown in September of this year alone.
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Officials vowed to “gather all available resources, mobilize all forces and take all possible measures” to stop the outbreaks.
Residents line up for COVID-19 screening in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan province, on Aug. 30, 2022, following a spike in cases.
(Chinatopix Via AP)
But residents have begun to push back against the restrictions. Videos and images of the Guangzhou protest flooded Chinese social media, according to a resident.
“He was pretty tense last night. Everyone made sure their doors were locked,” a local named Chet told Reuters.
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“When it happened so close to me, I found it really upsetting,” he added. “I couldn’t sleep last night after seeing those images.”
China reported 17,772 new COVID-19 infections as of November 14, an increase of nearly 2,000 cases from the previous day.
Julia Musto and Andrew Mark Miller of Fox News contributed to this report.
