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Indian news channel fined in UK. for hate speech about Pakistan. Republic TV. was fined £20,000 for airing a segment on its UK service, which conveyed the view that all Pakistani people are terrorists, including “their scientists, doctors, their leaders, politicians Even their sports people”. The primetime show , aired on 6 September 2019 on the Hindi-language version of the channel, Republic Bharat. The channel was licensed to broadcast in the UK by Worldview Media Network. but the network has now been banned from airing the show in the UK again. This is the third time. Ofcom has found Republic Bharat in breach of its broadcasting code. after previously reprimanding the channel for broadcasting graphically violent footage and for airing “uncontextualized hate speech and abusive and derogatory treatment of groups”. However, this was the first time Ofcom had issued a fine.