

Please make a complaint to the BBC for such biased reporting. In this particular case, they have linked Muslims who tweeted against the killing of a Muslim proctor in Assam to Jihadi groups.” In the complaint, Tanjiro said “I would like to bring to your attention that the BBC Hindi site has and continues showing a consistent bias against Indian Muslims. Sent an email to for the appalling tweet by #FakeNews #BBCHindiFakeNews #BoycottBBCHindi /68oLhQ0ZSXĪ Twitter handle Tanjiro Tan also filed the complaint with the BBC website urging others to do the same.

“Pleas clarify whether this is your official position regarding the atrocities that have unleashed on the Muslims in the Indian state of Assam by its Far-Right ethno-nationalist government or provide evidence to substantiate your story or retract your/headline/tweet,” he said in the email. Stop Funding Hate, a group fighting hateful news content, drew BBC World towards the controversial report.Ī Blogger Omar Abbas Hyat wrote to BBC’s South Asia bureau chief Nicola Careem calling the report “atrocious, unsubstantiated, unproven and baseless”. Some people even filed complaints with its parent organization BBC English. The report is seen as biased against Muslims. Supporters of Jihadi groups have been running a hashtag against India in Arabic since 26 September,” reads the report. These jihadi groups are criticising India over atrocities against Muslims. “Supporters of the Jihadi group launched an online campaign against India over the violence and deaths that occurred during eviction drives against ‘illegal encroachment’. The report was published on Wednesday under the headline “Supporters of Jihadi Group Target India over Assam Violence”. NEW DELHI – People have filed online complaints with the BBC after its online Hindi Service published a report calling those who tweeted crticising Assam killings as “Jihadi” and “supporters of Al-Qaeda”. ‘Pleas clarify whether this is your official position regarding the atrocities that have unleashed on Muslims,’ British broadcaster asked
