A man is arrested while people are gathering on a street in Shanghai on Nov. 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the western Xinjiang region. AFP FILE PHOTO
A man is arrested while people are gathering on a street in Shanghai on Nov. 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the western Xinjiang region. AFP FILE PHOTO
A man is arrested while people are gathering on a street in Shanghai on Nov. 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the western Xinjiang region. AFP FILE PHOTO

BEIJING: Dozens of demonstrators are still detained in China after taking part in widespread protests against the government last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, adding that the whereabouts of some of them remained unknown.

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