Australian national broadcaster stops airing Chinese state-run TV over human rights concerns

Australian national

Australian national TV network SBS has announced that it will no longer broadcast content from CGTN and CCTV, China’s state-run TV channels, over claims that the stations aired dozens of forced confessions from prisoners.

SBS, which specializes in broadcasting multilingual content, launched an investigation into the allegations after the human rights group Safeguard Defenders raised concerns about CGTN and CCTV airing 56 forced confessions between 2013 and 2020.

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