BBC Journalist ‘Beaten And Kicked’ By Chinese Police After Being Arrested For Covering Protests

Chinese police kicked and beat a BBC journalist after he was arrested for covering the biggest protests by the Chinese people since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests during which the Chinese government massacred over 10,000 civilians. BBC reporter Edward Lawrence was arrested by Chinese police while covering protests of China’s strict COVID-19 lockdowns that erupted following last week’s deadly fire at a residential building in Urumqi, the capital of China’s far western region of Xinjiang, that killed 10 people and injured nine others. Protestors say that the lockdowns contributed to the deaths as residents of the city have been prevented from


