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Why is 'Oasis warn against ticket resale' on BBC News, yet the Taliban banning women from TALKING outside, no?

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FloordrobeIsGoingToGetME · 31/08/2024 08:19

unless I've missed it?

BBC News, BBC Breakfast has had several segments dedicated to how to get Oasis tickets, on sale launched, warnings against resale.

In fact the BBC 1 current show has had at least 10 minutes dedicated to it right now.

Yet this absolute horror that women in Afghanistan are living, the erosion of their human rights, has not even attracted a minute of coverage?

www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/aug/26/taliban-bar-on-afghan-women-speaking-in-public-un-afghanistan

Does anyone have insight into the reason for the press blackout - it is really just apathy or is there more to it?

And if like me, you care about this, is there anything that can be done to stand up for human rights here?

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Trainstrike · 31/08/2024 08:44

I think OPs point may be more around the BBC's breaking news. BBC News alerts do often seem to focus on completely random "breaking" news. News alerts always used to be more around shocking crimes, manhunts, countries at war, surprising deaths etc. Now the BBC ones seem to be information I have zero interest in or don't find to be "breaking" at all.

AmusedMaker · 31/08/2024 08:43

Because a large number of people in the UK are more interested in Oasis tickets than the treatment of women by the Taliban. Plus not all news has to be depressing.

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FloordrobeIsGoingToGetME · 31/08/2024 08:42

Mynewsofa · 31/08/2024 08:33

I just googled and there are numerous articles online about this. I can't see there is a press blackout?

I haven't seen any tv BBC news about it?

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PolitePearlMoose · 31/08/2024 08:41

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DavidBeckhamsrightfoot · 31/08/2024 08:39

Because its not surprising.
Pretty bog standard for the taliban.

Oasis is actually current and surprising news. So the contunution of the story us expected.

Nuggetnuggety · 31/08/2024 08:36

Oasis tickets are the bigger story? People want to get tickets.

araiwa · 31/08/2024 08:35

It was in the news when it happened

Aishah231 · 31/08/2024 08:34

You know the answer to this OP. We all do. Oasis is a useful distraction. Reminding us about the Taliban might make some question our current and future foreign policy decisions. How much good have we actually done in Afghanistan or Iraq or Syria. How much good will we actually do in Ukraine? If we're not prepared to see things through we shouldn't provoke or elongate conflict. We have a history or spending lots of money and leaving things worse than we found them. Oh and of course they just don't care very much about Muslim women.

Theleaveswillbefalling · 31/08/2024 08:34

They have already covered the Taliban story last week. What else is there they can say about it?

Mynewsofa · 31/08/2024 08:33

I just googled and there are numerous articles online about this. I can't see there is a press blackout?

LissyG · 31/08/2024 08:32

Maybe because it's UK news, Oasis is massive news right now here.

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