Massive demonstrations are being held outside the BBC London headquarters against the network’s biased coverage of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip.
Thousands of people gathered on Tuesday for protests that are said to be the largest anti-Israeli protests outside the London headquarters of the state-run British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) since 2009.
The demonstrators say the BBC is biased in the manner of its coverage of Israel’s onslaught on the coastal sliver.
Protesters say the BBC is smart about the way it shows some Palestinian views and some Israeli views but the media giant’s coverage always seems to blame Palestinians.
The demonstrators, who were brandishing Palestinian flags, chanted slogans such as “BBC truth on Gaza,” “BBC tell the truth” and “BBC shame on you.”
The Press TV correspondent in London reports that “there has been an open letter that has been handed into the BBC director general with 45,000 signatories, there have also been some well-known signatories on that letter. Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, and a list of MPs signed it as well.”
Similar protests were held in Iran, India, the US, Tunisia, Italy, Pakistan and Indonesia.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the death toll from eight days of Israeli airstrikes has reached almost 200. A further 1,400 Gazans have also been injured in the ongoing assaults.
Gazan homes, mosques and schools are also being targeted by the Israeli army. According to the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, more than three-quarters of the victims are civilians.
SRK/AS/MHB
Source Article from http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/07/15/371458/antiisrael-protests-outside-bbc-hqs/
Views: 0