SBS Suspends Chinese State Media Broadcasts Over Human Rights Complaint
SBS Suspends Chinese State Media Broadcasts Over Human Rights Complaint Australian public broadcaster SBS has temporarily stopped its broadcasts from Chinese state-run television CCTV and CGTN after receiving a complaint from a human rights group that both channels had aired dozens of forced confessions. SBS announced on Friday it was reviewing a letter of complaint sent by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders, which highlighted “serious human rights concerns”. The group accused SBS’s English and Mandarin-language programs suppliers, CGTN and CCTV, of broadcasting at least...