Young school children campaign at the BBC Broadcasting House, for Gaza. The BBC normally a news provider became itself the news story when it refused to transmit an appeal for humanitarian aid for the victims of the war in Gaza, at the end of the conflict with Israel. Tony Benn, President of the Stop the War Coalition, 84 year old veteran campaigner, being interviewed by Channel 4 on the right hand side. Later Tony Benn with other humanitarian campaigners delivers an open letter to the BBC urging them to reconsider their decision, and asking them to broadcast the humanitarian aid appeal as a matter of urgency to help relieve the suffering of the victims of war in Gaza. The event is accompanied by a demonstration and a march ending in Trafalgar Square. London, UK, 24th January 2009
Date: 24/01/2009
Location: Portland Place, London, UK
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff
