A MEMBER OF AI WEIWEI’S STUDIO IS BRIEFLY DETAINED BY GREEK POLICE

During the evacuation of the Idomeni refugee camp on the border between Greece and Macedonia, Greek authorities took Lu Hengzhong, a member of Ai Weiwei’s studio, to the police station in Polykastro, where she was questioned and released several hours later, Anny Shaw of Art Newspaper reports.

On May 24, more than four hundred riot police were sent to clear out the camp, where thousands of Syrian, Iraqi, and Afghani refugees were living. Hengzhong was capturing footage at Idomeni’s train station when three policemen stopped her and forced her to shut off her camera before detaining her. Crews from various media outlets also reported that they were told to leave the camp or they would be arrested. Only state-controlled media agencies are allowed to report from Idomeni at this time.

Hengzhong had been documenting the camp for the last twelve weeks for Ai Weiwei, who is making a feature-length film about the refugee crisis, which he expects to release in 2017.