BBC may face sanctions over homosexuality debate

21 Dec 2009

Trevor Phillips, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said the BBC may be sanctioned if comments made by the public on its website do not comply with Labour’s new anti-discrimination laws. The move follows public criticism pver the BBC hosting an online debate on its news website asking whether gays should be executed in relation to a proposed anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda. Mark Stephens, a media lawyer who has been leading a commonwealth campaign against a proposed law in Uganda said: “ We must protect freedom of speech whether it is offensive or not. The alternative is to drive the debate underground.” Read more here

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  1. Shatterface

    December 21, 2009 at 12:21

    ‘This is a pathetic attempt to censor free speech on a matter of enormous public interest.’

    Yes, barely a day goes by without someone asking me if I think we should execute homosexuals.

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