SIS translates Zubeida’s TV interview into English, urges widest distribution

The State Information Service (SIS) translated into English the TV interview conducted by renowned anchor Amr Adib with Egyptian citizen Zubeida Ibrahim Ahmed to refute claims by a BBC report about her “forced disappearance”.

The SIS has decided to translate the full interview into English, publicize and distribute the translated interview in order to reach a wider target of media bodies as well as the public opinion outside the Arab world to better debunk falsehoods about the situation of human rights in Egypt of which the BBC correspondent’s report is a perfect example.

The SIS urged whoever is keen on preserving the truth, integrity and objectivity of professional media in today’s world both in Egypt and elsewhere in the world to fully contribute to the distribution of this translated interview on the widest possible

scale to elucidate the truth behind this incident and uncover bias, errors, and violations reported in some press and media coverage, which are totally inconsistent with the internationally recognized norms and regulations.

The SIS renewed calls for an immediate apology by the BBC for the falsehoods included in its correspondent’s report, urging the BBC to publish the apology along with broadcasting the translated TV interview with citizen Zubeida in the exact way, number of replays and duration of its flawed report.

It also called on the BBC to seriously and swiftly take into consideration the remarks and criticism mentioned in the SIS statement issued on February 24 and to take all necessary professional and administrative measures to correct the errors and violations it included in accordance with the BBC code of Conduct and regulations approved by the Office of Communications (Ofcom).