BBC And Rwanda

EDM number 489 in 2014-15, proposed by Eric Joyce on 06/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Broadcasting, Human rights and Military operations.

That this House is dismayed at the BBC's production of the genocide denial programme entitled, This World - Rwanda's untold story; recognises the central place the programme now occupies in the activities of genocide denialists; urges the BBC to conduct an immediate inquiry into the editorial and managerial decisions which led to the airing of the programme on BBC2 on 1 October 2014; further urges the Director General of the BBC, a member of the House of Lords, to act personally and transparently to deal with this matter of profound political significance and social injustice; and commends the campaigning efforts of Professor Linda Melvern et al to this end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 6 MPs.