The massive fire incident in China’s western Xinjiang region has fueled anger among people and now they have taken to the streets against the COVID-19 related lockdown in several cities.
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China In Xi Jinping The anger of the people against the government is increasing. one side Corona On the other hand, due to the increasing cases of COVID-19, people are worried about being forcibly confined in their homes due to the zero-covid policy. Meanwhile, the fierce fire incident in China’s western Xinjiang region further fueled the anger of the people and now they have taken to the streets against the COVID-19 related lockdown in many cities. Know 10 big things related to this matter-
- According to the information, angry people took to the streets after 10 people died in a fire in an apartment in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. In the middle of the night, pepper spray was used to stop about 300 protesters gathered on the middle Urumqi road.
- Videos of people protesting demanding Xi Jinping’s resignation are also going viral on social media.
- A protester named Zhao said that one of his friends was beaten by the police and pepper spray was used against two of his friends. The protester gave his surname only.
- He said the protesters raised several slogans including Xi Jinping, resign, Communist Party leave power, lift the lockdown from Xinjiang, lift the lockdown from China, we do not want PCR (probe), want freedom and freedom of the press.
- Earlier on Saturday, authorities in the Xinjiang region lifted restrictions from some areas in Urumqi. Residents of Urumqi began an extraordinary late-night protest against the city’s more than three-month-long lockdown, forcing authorities to lift the restrictions.
- Many people alleged that the apartment fire got worse due to the coronavirus lockdown and it took emergency personnel three hours to extinguish the fire, but the authorities denied these allegations and said that the building was not blocked. was done and the residents were allowed to leave.
- Urumqi city officials held a press conference to try to pin responsibility for the deaths on the apartment’s occupants, which further fueled public anger.
- Police tried to quell the protests and arrested a 24-year-old woman for spreading false information online about the death toll.
- This whole ruckus has happened at a time when a new variant of COVID is creating a ruckus in China. The explosion of the virus has become so dreadful that all the old records have been broken. 35-35 thousand cases are coming in a day.
- According to the information, under strict lockdown, the entire area in which the case of COVID is detected, is similarly sealed by putting barricades and tin sheds. The buildings and houses in which the COVID case is detected. There houses are being sealed from outside.
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