UK regulator slaps £20,000 fine on firm broadcasting Republic Bharat The order stated that the “programme contained statements which amounted to hate speech against, and was abusive and derogatory about, Pakistani people on the basis of their nationality”. Updated: December 23, 2020 7:34:45 am The Bombay High Court has extended relief to the channel’s employees from coercive action until the next hearing on January 15. THE BRITISH broadcasting regulator has fined the company, which has the licence to broadcast Arnab Goswami’s Republic Bharat Hindi news channel in the UK, £20,000 for a debate on the channel that it found contravened the code against “hate speech”.