Chinese police detained two people on Monday at a site in Shanghai where demonstrators gathered over the weekend to protest Covid-19 lockdowns and call for greater political freedoms, an AFP journalist witnessed. | AFP
When asked why one of the people was taken away, a policeman told AFP “because he didn’t obey our arrangements” and then referred the reporter to police.Police were also pulling people aside and ordering them to delete photos from their phones.
Large crowds had gathered Sunday in the downtown area, with police clashing with protesters as they tried to stop groups from converging at Wulumuqi street, named after the Mandarin for Urumqi.
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