UN HRC

April 4, 2024

BBC News whitewashes ‘UN rights expert’ behind genocide accusations

On March 26th the BBC News website published a report by the corporation’s Geneva correspondent Im...

February 22, 2024

BBC News amplifies unevidenced allegations from UN ‘experts’

On the afternoon of February 20th the BBC News website published an uncredited report headlined “I...

February 5, 2024

BBC News uncritically amplifies UN statements on UN agency

Previously we discussed four BBC News website reports on the topic of suspensions of funding to UNRW...

December 6, 2023

BBC reporting on Hamas sexual violence omits crucial context

On December 4th the BBC finally began to produce content concerning the many cases of rape and sexua...

August 5, 2022

Weekend long read

1) At the blog of the European Journal of International Law, Rosa Freedman discusses ‘Accusations ...

July 29, 2022

BBC silent on UNHRC commission bias

In May 2021 the BBC News website published a report titled ‘Israel-Gaza conflict: UN body to inves...

July 14, 2022

Framing in Jenin report on two BBC radio stations

Previously we discussed a filmed report about Jenin by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman: BBC...

July 1, 2022

Weekend long read

1) Palestinian Media Watch brings some follow up to a story reported earlier this month by the BBC. ...

June 27, 2022

BBC News again promotes ‘conclusions’ about Abu Akleh’s death

On the afternoon of June 24th another report by Raffi Berg promoting a supposed investigation into t...

February 24, 2022

Will the BBC again avoid the issue of a controversial UNHRC special rapporteur?

Six years ago we documented the BBC’s failure to report on the UN Human Rights Council’s controv...