https://t.co/JVlpP31qkI
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the #arrest was "deeply disturbing...Journalists must be able to do their job without #intimidation".
Responding to an urgent question in the Commons, Foreign Office Minister David Rutley said the #Chinese ambassador was being summoned to make clear the "unacceptable+unwarranted" nature of the arrest+to demand "a full and thorough explanation".
#bbc #journalist #edlawrence #arrest #ZeroCovid #protests #china #ambassador

From #bbc’s #edlawrence: “A statement from the BBC on what happened to me in #shanghai last night while doing my job.

I understand at least one local national was arrested after trying to stop the #police from beating me.

Thanks very much for the kind words and messages of concern.”

https://t.co/sNaywlOQ2j Video of #bbc #journalist #edlawrence being arrested covering #protests in #China

https://t.co/jdza0nDxxC #bbc said [#EdLawrence] ‘was #beaten +kicked by #police officers,+then taken away in handcuffs..the treatment of its #journalist was "extremely concerning".
#bbc said it had not received an official explanation or apology from china beyond a claim by the officials who later released him that they had arrested him for his own good in case he caught #covid from the crowd".
"We do not consider this a credible explanation."
#zeroCovid #protests #journalismisnotacrime #China

Yikes, Chinese police have arrested and beaten up a BBC journo. How long can #CCP keep people of #china squashed down? Authoritarian regimes always fall eventually because the human spirit will eventually break free. Hope #edlawrence is ok.