Complaint
A listener complained that Jeremy Bowen had no evidence to support a claim, in an interview with Khalil al-Hayya, deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau, that women had been raped in attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023.聽 The ECU considered the complaints in the light of the 成人快手鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
Mr Bowen put it to Mr al-Hayya that evidence of sexual violence by Hamas on 7 October had been 鈥減iling up鈥.聽 Noting the conclusion of a UN report published in 2023 that 鈥淭here are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence 鈥 including rape and gang-rape 鈥 occurred across multiple locations of Israel and the Gaza periphery during the attacks on 7 October 2023鈥, the ECU found no basis for considering Mr Bowen lacked evidence for the terms of his question.
Not upheld