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BBC apologises for asking: ‘Should homosexuals face execution’
From the Telegraph:
People were asked by the corporation to share their views on anti-homosexual legislation in Uganda which would see some sexual activities punishable by death.
The BBC website debate ran ahead of a feature on the World Service Africa Have Your Say programme.
Peter Horrocks, director of the BBC World Service, wrote on the BBC Editor’s Blog that the original forum headline on the website was in hindsight ”too stark”.
He wrote: ”You might have read some of the coverage about a World Service Africa Have Your Say debate yesterday …
”The original headline on our website was, in hindsight, too stark. We apologise for any offence it caused.
”But it’s important that this does not detract from what is a crucial debate for Africans and the international community.”
Lynne Featherstone, Lib Dem spokesperson for Youth and Equality, had called on the BBC to apologise and wrote to the Director General.
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