HONG KONG—Nearly three weeks after demonstrations against strict Covid-19 controls exploded across China, some protesters remain in detention and are now facing the prospect of criminal charges, according to people familiar with their situation.
The Chinese government and official media have barely mentioned the demonstrations and have said nothing about detentions of protesters. Rights activists have been scrambling to figure out how many people who participated in the protests are now in detention; they say such information has been hard to come by.
