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To: Tim Davie, Director General of the BBC
Revoke the BBC's new political impartiality rules
Revoke the new rules implemented on political impartiality, and not impinge on people's rights to a private life.
Why is this important?
The BBC, nor any organisation, cannot and should not dictate what legal activities their employees engage in outside of work, as they have a right to respect for private and family life as set out in Article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998. Furthermore, supporting equality and demanding fundamental human rights for disadvantaged and minority groups across the race and gender spectrums, amongst others, is not a political partial act, as the Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010 clearly set out the obligations of the government and society they represent; merely asking for these obligations to be met is not a political action and Tim Davie and the BBC should acknowledge this, or be guilty of the very partiality they claim to be trying to avoid.
How it will be delivered
The petition will be delivered directly to Tim Davie's email address, and also publicised through as many online platforms as possible.