UN HRC

March 19, 2025

More uncritical and context-free BBC promotion of UN allegations

The BBC’s presentation of its Editorial Standards includes the following, under the sub-heading â€...

June 25, 2024

BBC News website promotes inaccurate claims about ICC warrants

On June 12th the BBC News website published a report by Matt Murphy headlined ‘Israel, Hamas accus...

June 14, 2024

More narrative-driven BBC coverage of the hostage rescue in Nuseirat

Previously we discussed three BBC reports – two written and one filmed – which appeared in the h...

May 21, 2024

BBC Radio Scotland promotes more ICJ disinformation

BBC Radio Scotland has a weekday show called ‘Mornings with Kaye Adams’. The first hour of the M...

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...