Hvilke følger fik egentlig den engelske TV kanal ‘Channel 4’s udsendelse “Undercover Mosque”?
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Her er afsnit 1. Du kan finde resten på Youtube.
Jo først overvejede politiet at føre sager mod moskeerne, men det opgav de. Nu har de anklaget TV-kanalen for at vise dokumentarfilmen. Her er politiets pressemeddelelse:
West Midlands Police have completed their investigation into the Channel 4 Dispatches program ‘Undercover Mosque’ broadcast in January 2007.
The police investigation initially looked at whether there had been any criminal offences committed by those featured in the program and following careful consideration by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), West Midlands Police have been advised that there is insufficient evidence to bring charges against those individuals featured within the program.
West Midlands Police acknowledge the concerns that some parts of the program may have been considered offensive, however when analyzed in their full context there was not enough evidence to bring criminal charges against any individual.
ACC Anil Patani for West Midlands Police said: “As a result of our initial findings, the investigation was then extended to include issues relating to the editing and portrayal of the documentary.
The priority for West Midlands Police has been to investigate the documentary and it’s making with as much rigor as the extremism the program sought to portray.”
The police investigation concentrated on three speakers and their comments in the program. CPS reviewing lawyer Bethan David considered 56 hours of media footage of which only a small part was used in the program. She said: “The splicing together of extracts from longer speeches appears to have completely distorted what the speakers were saying.
The CPS has demonstrated that it will not hesitate to prosecute those responsible for criminal incitement. But in this case we have been dealing with a heavily edited television program, apparently taking out of context aspects of speeches which in their totality could never provide a realistic prospect of any convictions.”
The CPS was also asked by the police to consider whether a prosecution under the Public Order Act 1986 should be brought against Channel 4 for broadcasting a program including material likely to stir up racial hatred. Miss David advised West Midlands Police that on the evidence available, there was insufficient evidence that racial hatred had been stirred up as a direct consequence of the program. It would also be necessary to identify a key individual responsible for doing this together with an intent to stir up racial hatred, which was not possible.
West Midlands Police have taken account of this advice and explored options available to them and has now referred the matter to the broadcasting regulators Ofcom as a formal complaint.
West Midlands Police has also informed Channel 4 of this course of action.
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