Britain steps up pressure on PressTV

 

The British government has unleashed a new wave of pressure on Press TV in the latest example of infringement on freedom of speech.

The British government is apparently seeking to use Ofcom regulations as a pretext to impose penalties on Press TV news network and the independent London-based Press TV limited company.

It is speculated that in a politically motivated move, the British Office of Communications better known as Ofcom is pursuing a case against Press TV for broadcasting an interview with a Newsweek journalist. The telecommunications regulator is drawing on Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari’s complaint that includes claims of unfair treatment and unwarranted infringement of privacy in the making and broadcasting of a Press TV program.

While PressTV is preparing to publicize the case and its arguments against Ofcom, many analysts say Ofcom’s move adds another piece to the puzzle of the British government in its bid to further limit Press TV’s activities.

It appears that Press TV’s policy of breaking the western monopoly on media and its critical examination of certain red lines for the western media has been the main reason behind Britain’s efforts to pressure the Iranian news channel, with cases like that of Bahari serving as a means to Britain’s ends.

Press TV has given full coverage to student protests in Britain, shed light on the dark undemocratic aspects of the British political structure specially the hereditary rule of the royals and laid bare London’s double approach to the Middle East developments and their links with Britain’s historical presence in the region.

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