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QNA
Doha
The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) on Monday welcomed the decision of the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) condemning Abu Dhabi TV channel for broadcasting a television interview that it claimed were confessions of Qatari citizen Hamad Al Hammadi during his arbitrary arrest in Abu Dhabi prisons in 2013.
Ofcom said that the channel, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Media Company PJSC "ADMC" which has a licence from Ofcom, broadcasted an interview on June 22 of 2017 alleging they were confessions of a Qatari intelligence agent who was discrediting the UAE.
Ofcom said that broadcasting the interview against Al Hammadi's will, who was tortured and ill-treated in prison, was a severe breach of the principles of fairness and privacy set out in the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.
The decision also provided for imposing legal sanctions on the channel for its serious violation of articles (7.1 and 8.1) of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.
The NHRC said that it considers Ofcom's condemnation, less than one month after a similar statement on Dr Mahmoud Al Jaida's case, clear evidence of Abu Dhabi TV and the UAE authorities' violations of basic human rights.
The committee said that the second decision reflects the lack of professionalism of the channel and its use by Emirati authorities as a tool to cover-up human rights violations and to discredit Qatari citizens by charging them with false allegations and inciting against them.
The committee added that the decision proves, beyond doubt, that the governmental Abu Dhabi TV is implicated in these practices, which forms a legal basis for holding the blockading countries' satellite TV channels accountable in court, given their violations of human rights and journalism ethics. The NHRC has been documenting the violations of media outlets in the blockading countries since the blockade, to sue these outlets that pose a threat to peace and stability for spreading hate speech and racism against Qatar's citizens and residents. (QNA)
Doha
The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) on Monday welcomed the decision of the UK Office of Communications (Ofcom) condemning Abu Dhabi TV channel for broadcasting a television interview that it claimed were confessions of Qatari citizen Hamad Al Hammadi during his arbitrary arrest in Abu Dhabi prisons in 2013.
Ofcom said that the channel, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Media Company PJSC "ADMC" which has a licence from Ofcom, broadcasted an interview on June 22 of 2017 alleging they were confessions of a Qatari intelligence agent who was discrediting the UAE.
Ofcom said that broadcasting the interview against Al Hammadi's will, who was tortured and ill-treated in prison, was a severe breach of the principles of fairness and privacy set out in the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.
The decision also provided for imposing legal sanctions on the channel for its serious violation of articles (7.1 and 8.1) of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.
The NHRC said that it considers Ofcom's condemnation, less than one month after a similar statement on Dr Mahmoud Al Jaida's case, clear evidence of Abu Dhabi TV and the UAE authorities' violations of basic human rights.
The committee said that the second decision reflects the lack of professionalism of the channel and its use by Emirati authorities as a tool to cover-up human rights violations and to discredit Qatari citizens by charging them with false allegations and inciting against them.
The committee added that the decision proves, beyond doubt, that the governmental Abu Dhabi TV is implicated in these practices, which forms a legal basis for holding the blockading countries' satellite TV channels accountable in court, given their violations of human rights and journalism ethics. The NHRC has been documenting the violations of media outlets in the blockading countries since the blockade, to sue these outlets that pose a threat to peace and stability for spreading hate speech and racism against Qatar's citizens and residents. (QNA)
