CNN reporter detained on-air at Turkish protest site

[Sally]

I think by now all of us following the news know that there were protests on the one-year anniversary of last year's protest.

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I guess the Turkish officials didn't want those who were planning to protest to speak to reporters.

CNN reporter detained on-air at Turkish protest site

Reporter Ivan Watson held for 30 minutes after police interrupt pre-protest broadcast in Taksim Square

BY GAVRIEL FISKE June 1, 2014, 8:12 am

A veteran CNN reporter was detained by police Saturday while reporting live at the renewed anti-government protests at Taksim Square in Istanbul. The reporter, Ivan Watson, who has been based in Istanbul for 12 years, was released approximately 30 minutes later after police were satisfied with his press credentials.

“Turkish police detained me and my crew in the middle of a live report in Taksim Square,” Watson tweeted shortly after the incident, adding that “one officer kneed me in the butt.”

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CNN reporter detained on-air at Turkish protest site | The Times of Israel