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    BBC rejects accusations of bias - Azeri agency

    Turan news agency
    4 Jun 04

    Baku, 4 June: The BBC World Service has issued a statement expressing
    its regret that Azerbaijan's ANS TV and radio company suspended
    the transmission of its regional programmes in Russian on 1 June
    2004. The statement says that Azerbaijani state radio will continue
    rebroadcasting BBC programmes in Russian and on 103.3 FM in Baku. "The
    BBC remains committed to covering events in the region and in other
    parts of the world, scrupulously observing impartiality, fairness,
    accuracy, balance and editorial independence and presenting a wide
    range of opinions from all the strata of society," the statement said.

    The BBC takes all criticism seriously and reviews its coverage of
    events in the region regularly. "On the basis of such comprehensive and
    careful scrutiny, the BBC is confident in rejecting the suggestion that
    its reports contain bias against any community in the region," it said.

    "The BBC provides equal opportunities to its employees and is
    legally bound not to allow discrimination on racial, religious,
    ethnic, national and sexual grounds, as well as because of martial
    status, sexual orientation, disability or age," the statement said
    in conclusion.

    To recap, ANS suspended the transmission of the programmes of
    the BBC Central Asian and Caucasus Service in Russian saying that
    they are biased and "pro-Armenian" in covering events around the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

    Turan note: The BBC World Service broadcasts its programmes throughout
    the world in 43 languages on radio and the Internet. Some 150m people
    across the world can listen to BBC radio, while its Internet web
    sites receive 200m messages a month.

    [Earlier, at 1130 gmt, Azerbaijan's MPA news agency carried a similar
    report on the BBC statement]

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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