"Four men accused of breaking Covid-19 restrictions were marched through the streets of a Chinese city in a 'shaming parade.'"

"A large crowd watched as the accused, wearing masks and white hazmat suits and carrying placards with their names and photographs on, were paraded through the city of Jingxi in the Guangxi region yesterday.... The men were accused of transporting illegal migrants while China’s borders remain largely closed because of the pandemic.... However, the harsh disciplinary exercise, reminiscent of public humiliation sessions during Mao’s Cultural Revolution, provoked anger across the country.... China banned public shaming of suspects in 2010 after campaigns by rights activists and the wider public disgusted by 'shaming parades,' which by that time were mostly being used to humiliate suspected sex workers during crackdowns on prostitution."

The London Times reports.