China's broadcasting regulator has banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines after a controversial report on the treatment being meted out to the country's Uighur minority.But the action seems more like a retaliatory strike by Beijing days after Britain's regulators discontinued the license for Chinese broadcaster CGTN for violating the country's law on state-backed ownership.Defending the ban on BBC World News, China's National Radio and Television Administration said that the British broadcaster's reportage harms the country's national interests and is in violation of the guideline that calls for news to be truthful and fair.
Beijing was miffed ever since the BBC World News reported harrowing accounts of human rights violations of Uighur women in Chinese camps.The February 3 report detailed harrowing stories of sexual assault and torture apparently based on witness testimonies.Reacting to the ban, the BBC said it reports on stories from across the world fairly, impartially and without fear and that it was disappointed with Beijing's move. BBC claimed that the channel is already censored in mainland China.
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