A BBC News crew reporting on Egypt’s presidential election was temporarily detained in Egypt today.
Cairo correspondent Orla Guerin, Cairo producer Wael Hussein, and Middle East producer Kate Benyon-Tinker were initially cornered in a building by local Egyptians accusing them of being spies. Police then detained the crew, along with a woman they were interviewing.
Just leaving Naasr City Police Station no. 2. We were released with our interviewee after being detained for close to 2 hours. All fine.
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— Orla Guerin (@OrlaGuerin) May 27, 2014
#pt Locals were furious that we were interviewing a woman whose husband was killed at Rabaa Mosque. She was detained with us. Now released.
— Orla Guerin (@OrlaGuerin) May 27, 2014
One of those detaining us was a local resident who insisted she was ‘ a journalist’ and claimed she had the right to decide who we speak to.
— Orla Guerin (@OrlaGuerin) May 27, 2014
Egypt’s presidential election is between former military chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahi.
(h/t Huffington Post)