TV Crew Barred from Tiananmen

May 28, 2009

LOCATION: Tiananmen Square
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space
TOPIC: Tiananmen anniversary
NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: TV Broadcaster

DESCRIPTION: We went to Tiananmen Square and got through the cordon. After we set up our camera a policeman ran after us and told us we had to register at the Tiananmen office. We went to the office but it was closed. I could see that he wasn’t going to let us film, so we filmed across the road, and had the Square in the background.