BBC News

===The view of foreign governments===
BBC News reporters and broadcasts are now and have in the past been banned in several countries primarily for reporting which has been unfavourable to the ruling government. For example, correspondents were banned by the former [[apartheid]] régime of South Africa. The BBC was banned in [[Robert Mugabe#Prime Minister and President|Zimbabwe under Mugabe]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afrol.com/News2002/zim040_joytv_bbc.htm|title=Broadcasting of BBC in Zimbabwe stopped|access-date=11 April 2007|publisher=afrol – African News Agency|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180629/http://www.afrol.com/News2002/zim040_joytv_bbc.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> for eight years as a terrorist organisation until being allowed to operate again over a year after the [[2008 Zimbabwean presidential election|2008 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2009/07/resuming_operations_in_zimbabw.html|title=Resuming operations in Zimbabwe|access-date=29 July 2009|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202055243/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2009/07/resuming_operations_in_zimbabw.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The BBC was banned in Burma (officially [[Myanmar]]) after their coverage and commentary on anti-government protests there in September 2007. The ban was lifted four years later in September 2011. Other cases have included [[Uzbekistan]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4407086.stm|title=BBC NEWS – Programmes – From Our Own Correspondent – Uzbeks banish BBC after massacre reports|access-date=11 April 2007 | date=5 November 2005 | work=BBC News | first=Monica | last=Whitlock| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070314044208/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4407086.stm| archive-date= 14 March 2007 |url-status = live}}</ref>
China,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=21745|title=AsiaMedia : China : Censor blocks sensitive issues in BBC series|access-date=11 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310194208/http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=21745|archive-date=10 March 2007|url-status = dead}}</ref> and [[Pakistan]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4437494.stm BBC Urdo taken off Pakistan radio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231214057/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4437494.stm |date=31 December 2005 }} – BBC News: 15 November 2005.</ref> [[BBC Persian]], the BBC's [[Persian language]] news site, was blocked from the Iranian internet in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/12/18/iran_bloggers_test_regimes_tolerance/ |title=Iran bloggers test regime's tolerance |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=11 April 2007 |date=18 December 2006 |first1=James F. |last1=Smith |first2=Anne |last2=Barnard |archive-date=16 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016191018/http://boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/12/18/iran_bloggers_test_regimes_tolerance/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The BBC News website was made available in China again in March 2008,<ref>[http://www.abclive.in/abclive_global/bbc-news-website-china.html BBC News Website Gets Access in China] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408024616/http://abclive.in/abclive_global/bbc-news-website-china.html |date=8 April 2009 }} Dinesh Singh-Rawat, ABC Live, 25 March 2008.</ref> but {{as of|2014|October|lc=y}}, was blocked again.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/mediacentre/statements/website-china BBC statement regarding China blocking BBC News website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208041921/http://www.bbc.co.uk/corporate2/mediacentre/statements/website-china |date=8 December 2019 }} ''BBC News'' 25 October 2014</ref>

In June 2015, the Rwandan government placed an indefinite ban on BBC broadcasts following the airing of a controversial documentary regarding the 1994 [[Rwandan genocide]], ''Rwanda's Untold Story'', broadcast on BBC2 on 1 October 2014. The UK's Foreign Office recognised "the hurt caused in Rwanda by some parts of the documentary".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/01/rwanda-places-indefinite-ban-on-bbc-broadcasts-over-genocide-documentary|title=Rwanda places indefinite ban on BBC broadcasts over genocide documentary|first=Dugald|last=Baird|work=The Guardian|date=1 June 2015|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128025853/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jun/01/rwanda-places-indefinite-ban-on-bbc-broadcasts-over-genocide-documentary|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2017, reporters from the BBC (as well as the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Politico]], [[CNN]], and others) were denied access to a United States White House briefing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/24/media-blocked-white-house-briefing-sean-spicer|title=Trump press ban: BBC, CNN and Guardian denied access to briefing|first=Sabrina|last=Siddiqui|work=The Guardian|date=25 February 2017|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731190705/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/24/media-blocked-white-house-briefing-sean-spicer|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, [[BBC Hindi|BBC India]] was banned for a period of 5 years from covering all [[List of national parks of India|national parks and sanctuaries]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 April 2017|title=Kaziranga film: BBC banned for 5 years from all national parks, sanctuaries|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kaziranga-film-bbc-banned-for-5-years-from-all-national-parks-sanctuaries-4613758/|access-date=18 April 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418160439/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kaziranga-film-bbc-banned-for-5-years-from-all-national-parks-sanctuaries-4613758/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the withdrawal of [[CGTN (TV channel)|CGTN]]'s UK broadcaster licence on 4 February 2021 by [[Ofcom]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 February 2021|title=Ofcom revokes Chinese broadcaster CGTN's UK licence|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55931548|access-date=4 February 2021|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320110450/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55931548|url-status=live}}</ref> China banned BBC News from airing in China.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/02/12/bbc-news-banned-china-cgtn-uk.cnnbusiness |title=China bans BBC News after UK pulls CGTN's license |date=12 February 2021 |access-date=13 February 2021 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213225430/https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/02/12/bbc-news-banned-china-cgtn-uk.cnnbusiness |url-status=live }}</ref>