Category: forced confession

British-Iranian Citizen Says She Had to Sign ‘False Confession’ Before Being Freed

May 23, 2022
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British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who returned to the UK in March after spending six years in detention in Iran, has revealed she was forced to sign a “false confession” in front of a UK government official before she was allowed to leave Iran. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was…

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UK Fines Chinese Broadcaster CGTN Over Forced Confessions, Hong Kong Coverage

March 8, 2021
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Britain’s broadcasting regulator Ofcom on Monday imposed financial penalties on Chinese state broadcaster CGTN for airing forced confessions and biased coverage of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. CGTN, or China Global Television Network, is an international English-language satellite news channel owned by the Chinese regime and directly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ofcom…

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SBS Suspends Chinese State Media Broadcasts Over Human Rights Complaint

March 7, 2021
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Australian public broadcaster SBS has temporarily stopped its broadcasts from Chinese state-run television CCTV and CGTN after receiving a complaint from a human rights group that both channels had aired dozens of forced confessions. SBS announced on Friday it was reviewing a letter of complaint sent by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders, which highlighted…

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BBC World News Barred From Airing in China After UK Bans CGTN

February 11, 2021
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The Chinese regime announced on Thursday that it is pulling BBC World News off air in China, a week after the UK’s broadcasting regulator revoked the licence of Chinese state broadcaster CGTN. BBC World News, the BBC’s international news channel, cannot be seen by the vast majority of Chinese viewers, and can only be watched…

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Beijing Bars BBC World News From Airing in China After UK Bans CGTN

February 11, 2021
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The Chinese regime announced on Thursday that it is pulling BBC World News off air in China, a week after the UK’s broadcasting regulator revoked the licence of Chinese state broadcaster CGTN. BBC World News, the BBC’s international news channel, cannot be seen by the vast majority of Chinese viewers, and can only be watched…

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