China banned public shaming of criminal suspects in 2010, after decades of campaigning by human rights activists. Yet the practice has resurfaced with local governments struggling to enforce a national zero-Covid policy.
Four alleged Covid rule breakers have been paraded through the streets of China in a public shaming which has sparked widespread outrage.
Yet the practice has resurfaced with local governments struggling to enforce a national zero-Covid policy. The four were accused of transporting illegal migrants while China’s borders remain largely closed due to the pandemic, the newspaper said.supports HTML5 videoThe public shaming was part of disciplinary measures announced by the local government in August to punish those breaking health rules.
The Chinese Communist Party-affiliated Beijing News conceded that Jingxi is ‘under tremendous pressure’ to prevent imported coronavirus cases but said ‘the measure seriously violates the spirit of the rule of law and cannot be allowed to happen again’.Hundreds of millions of people have reportedly viewed videos of the incident.
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