LGBT rights

June 13, 2023

BBC’s Bateman censors Hamas statement on Jerusalem Pride Parade

On June 1st the BBC News website published a 766-word report by the Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman...

October 13, 2022

BBC amends Israel reference in report on Palestinian affairs

As regular readers will be aware, BBC coverage of internal Palestinian affairs is, to say the least,...

March 29, 2021

BBC News fails to tell all in portrayal of Arab party

During Israel’s previous election in March 2020 we noted the BBC’s reluctance to inform its audi...

March 25, 2021

Guardian vilifies Jewish extremist, but gives Arab extremist a pass

In his Guardian report, Jerusalem correspondent Oliver Holmes accurately described the extremism, ra...

March 4, 2020

BBC ignores HRW’s dodgy donation

BBC audiences have seen no reporting of a story concerning one of its most quoted and promoted NGOs....

January 12, 2020

Reviewing BBC News website coverage of Palestinian affairs in 2019

In 2019 visitors to the BBC News website saw eight and a half times more coverage of Israeli affairs...

December 15, 2019

BBC News continues to under-report Palestinian affairs

An attack on Palestinian members of the LGBTQ community goes unreported....

November 5, 2019

No BBC follow up on Palestinian police LGBTQ group ban story

As usual, the BBC shows limited interest in Palestinian affairs....

August 20, 2019

PA’s ban on LGBTQ group gets two minutes of BBC airtime

In less than a month this report will no longer be available....

August 19, 2019

Disparity in BBC LGBTQ Middle East reporting

A Palestinian Authority police threat to 'chase' and arrest LGBTQ activists has to date received no ...