Arnab Goswami’s channel fined £20,000 in UK for airing hate speech against Pakistanis
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Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. AFP/File
Republic Bharat channel broadcasts rolling news and current affairs to the Hindi speaking community in the UK
Controversial episode of the show
Poochta Hai Bharat was broadcast on 22 July, 2019
Arnab Goswami and his three Indian guests leveled serious accusations against Pakistanis during the episode
Material aired on Republic TV posed a risk of harm to the Pakistani community in the UK
Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has imposed a heavy fine of £20,000 on Republic Bharat TV (Worldview Media Network Limited) in the UK for serious broadcast breaches.
UK regulator slaps £20,000 fine on firm broadcasting Republic Bharat
The order stated that the “programme contained statements which amounted to hate speech against, and was abusive and derogatory about, Pakistani people on the basis of their nationality”. Updated: December 23, 2020 7:34:45 am
The Bombay High Court has extended relief to the channel’s employees from coercive action until the next hearing on January 15.
THE BRITISH broadcasting regulator has fined the company, which has the licence to broadcast Arnab Goswami’s Republic Bharat Hindi news channel in the UK, £20,000 for a debate on the channel that it found contravened the code against “hate speech”.
Arnab Goswami’s channel fined £20,000 in UK for airing hate speech against Pakistanis
By
Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. AFP/File
Republic Bharat channel broadcasts rolling news and current affairs to the Hindi speaking community in the UK
Controversial episode of the show
Poochta Hai Bharat was broadcast on 22 July, 2019
Arnab Goswami and his three Indian guests leveled serious accusations against Pakistanis during the episode
Material aired on Republic TV posed a risk of harm to the Pakistani community in the UK
Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has imposed a heavy fine of £20,000 on Republic Bharat TV (Worldview Media Network Limited) in the UK for serious broadcast breaches.
Arnab Goswami’s programme fined 20,000 pounds by UK broadcast regulator
The regulator found one of the programmes aired in September 2019 in breach of its broadcasting norms. Updated Dec 22, 2020 · 10:54 pm File photo of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. | Screenshot/Facebook
Republic Bharat, the Hindi news channel arm of Republic TV, was fined 20,000 pounds (approximately Rs 19.73 lakh) by the United Kingdom’s communications regulator Office of Communications on Tuesday for broadcasting content that involved “offensive language”, “hate speech” and “ abusive or derogatory treatment of individuals, groups, religions or communities”. Republic Bharat has also been asked to air an apology on the channel.